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TODAY’S BIG IDEAS HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO IMPACT A COMMUNITY

Bailey Junior High student Amr Yousif was one of this year’s Big Idea winners. He’s shown here with his teacher Alyssa Stone.

Kenny Macino was an entrepreneur before she knew exactly what that meant. A fellow student at Bailey Junior High, where Macino is an eighth-grader, so loved Macino’s life-like sock doll made of cloth, buttons, and string that the student offered $3 to take one off her hands.

Another classmate pulled out four single-dollar bills for one of her own. Macino’s English teacher, who noticed these dolls being propped up on desks, asked her to tailor-make one for him, too, a price that Macino set at $5. button eyes, and stitching the teacher’s name across the belly, the teacher, surprised by its attention to detail, forked over $10, saying, “I’m happy to pay for what it’s really worth.” Big Idea Entrepreneurship Contest, the annual (now in year 16) inventor-in-the-making challenge sponsored by Arlington ISD and the Greater Arlington Chamber of Kenneth Perkins Commerce. Each year students from third to eighth grade can develop original inventions with few limitations. Students often produce the strangest, most novel concepts – like an ink pen that can check your temperature or an app that won’t allow you to log into your Chromebook until you’ve answered questions about what you learned the day before. (Teachers love this one).

Most of them are good for laughs – how cute, they are told, before being handed a medal and ushered across the dignitaries like AISD Superintendent Dr. Marcelo Cavazos and Chamber President & CEO Michael Jacobson.

Yet others are pretty good – so good when I asked Alicia Collins-Butler, director of the education workforce and community development for the chamber, if she could provide me a rundown of all the ideas, she shot me one of those. “I-could-but-then-I’d-have-to-kill-you” glares.

“Oh, no, we don’t do that,” she said.

First-place winners are invited to an exclusive one-week “The BIG Idea Lab” Summer Camp, where students learn what it means to be an entrepreneur at the feet of some entrepreneurial Yodas.

The participants get training on commercializing a concept, managing resources, initiating business ventures. They also get to expand upon their winning idea. It’s not Shark Tank – but close enough that Collins-Butler and Jacobson would like to protect ideas that might one day hit the marketplace.

“We know that tomorrow’s solutions are walking around in the head of young people today,” Jacobson says. “It’s percolating in their brains.”

So that’s what Big Idea is about.

Getting those ideas out. And keeping them right here, in Arlington.

“Amazon started in Jeff Bezos’ garage in Seattle,” says Broderick Green, executive director of Arlington’s Economic Development Corporation, who ought to know. Arlington plucked him from Amazon.

“When you have real-world problems, sometimes the people in it every day can’t solve it because they are too busy doing the day-to-day stuff,” he continues. “You need an outside viewpoint to come in and tackle it.”

Green wants students to know that their ideas are valid.

“I would love to have the opportunity to work with them in coming up with more ideas and businesses,” Green says. “My goal is to keep them here, to make sure they are growing and adding innovation to this community because we need it.”

Teachers love Big Idea because it teaches teamwork, problem-solving, and critical thinking. As for the city, a successful idea could create jobs and give it a cultural identity. All that leads to a strong city.

“I think it’s great that this program exists,” says Green, hired late last year. “What frustrates me sometimes is when you have a theory and don’t get a chance to apply it. Hopefully, you will have a great idea to turn it into the next Fortune 500 company.”

And keep it right here in Arlington.

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Dedication of the Jeff Dedication of the Jeff Williams Plaza at City Hall Williams Plaza at City Hall

Former Mayor Jeff Williams addresses the crowd at the dedication ceremony as another former Mayor, Richard Greene, and Karen Williams look on. City Council member Victoria Farrar-Myers, Greater Arlington Chamber of Commerce President Michael Jacobson and Mayor Jim Ross

Jim Maibach and Cindy Salter Mary Tom Curnutt and Kelly Curnutt

Nikkie Hunter and Andy Nguyen Angie Woods and Al Van Scooter

Photos: Southern Flair Photography

“It should be your care, therefore, and mine, to elevate the minds of our children and exalt their courage; to accelerate and animate their industry and activity; to excite in them a habitual contempt of meanness, abhorrence of injustice and inhumanity, and an ambition to excel in every capacity, faculty, and virtue.

- John Adams, Dissertation on the Canon and Feudal Law, 1765

Arlington Classics Academy, otherwise known as ACA, is a third generation, free, open-enrollment public charter school that has been faithfully serving Arlington and surrounding communities for 23 to the charter legislation passed in Texas in 1995 and the visionary open enrollment schools to bring classical education into the realm of

of our nation: literature and language, history and geography, The goal of this education is not just to learn content, but to learn the skills needed to sustain a virtuous and wise citizenship that will maintain

A school system our democracy and serving kindergarten through eighth grade ACA’s mission developed by parents and curriculum for parents, ACA thrives embraces this endeavor to train kind of public education the mind to develop for parents and students a high degree of literacy that will

“Public education is ensure the student’s a critical component of ability to navigate our free society,” says a complex or Craig Sims, Executive “In education, we are preparing education was often restricted to students for life in a time where we private schools that were out of can’t predict the job demands of

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A Timeless Education for a Lifetime Classical education focuses learning on the liberal arts that

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my time in high school and will undoubtedly continue to do so throughout college and my professional career.”

“The drive to learn that ACA has instilled in me is still thriving long after I have left the school. ACA has things.” “ACA and its core values taught me what it means to be a leader and how leadership skills can make an impact on another’s life. I will never forget what ACA has done for me both academically and morally.”

“It’s been my experience that ACA students, with the help of teachers and involved parents, learn skills over time that prepare them well for high school. From the poems recited in kindergarten to the essays in middle school, ACA students: • Learn to do advanced oral presentations with visuals in a comfortable, practiced manner. • Write superior essays above the quality of many of their peers. • Organize their homework, notes, and schedules for productivity. • Have a strong work ethic to complete their assignments on time. • Have a knowledge base in areas such as history and literature that exceed expectations. • Are comfortable communicating with teachers and counselors in a timely manner regarding homework help and guidance. our children develop into strong students. They have fond memories of many teachers, school-wide events, and friends.” – Liza Maakestad

must be able to do more than must develop critical thinking and problem-solving skills that they can transfer from one situation to ACA works to build the student’s ability to think independently and present that information both in front of their peers and in written

Sims says that, unfortunately, much of public education is The time is not made available to foster student inquiry or assist students in making the connections between the content they are makes those connections and allows students to better understand, retain and apply the information they are

“This student, this classical student, is able to see these connections not only between content, but in their life and the life where we spark intrinsic motivation today’s students, our children, are preparing for jobs that don’t exist yet, to be accomplished through technologies that have yet to be invented, in order to solve problems A timeless approach to education is the best way I can see preparing our

“The way in which education starts a

– Plato

ACA recognizes that the world is competitive and certainly prepares students for that needed competitive at ACA also recognizes that an education that doesn’t also endeavor for truth, beauty, and goodness that is found in our world and in the relationships we share in our communities is not a comprehensive, well-rounded

is so much richer when done in

These relationships are so friendships students make at ACA by sharing in the productive struggle of learning, enjoying the annual participating in extracurricular activities such as sports, and being in a small educational community

ACA champions what they refer progress of students is dependent responsibility equally among the any leg is shortened – in other words, if any of these three do not take on their portion of responsibility for this foundation – then the stool will are lengthened – in other words, if any of these three take on too much of the responsibility – then the stool

ACA maintains high expectations for students both academically and behaviorally because ACA works to ensure a stable footing with the three-legged stool, allowing students to reach higher than they thought

ACA believes that parents are and honor to come alongside and partner with parents to provide a timeless education that ACA hopes will create a passion for learning for

“A free society and the development of our western civilization is contingent on participation and cooperation,” students choose to cooperate together in order to accomplish the learning and experiences that That is the strength of ACA, the choice involved in order to be a part parents, teachers, and students make to any unique ability or capacity, but because they choose to participate and cooperate in our educational

ACA’s mission is to equip a diverse student body with a comprehensive education, including a special focus develop a commanding knowledge of the origins of our liberty and the ability to sustain it through moral this goal through a high level of academic instruction and high

ACA is excited to continue serving like more information about how to become a part of ACA’s educational community, please visit the school website: www.tryaca.com

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Martin senior Ruth Hong earns $40,000 Amazon scholarship

Martin High School senior Ruth Hong is one of 100 students across the nation to receive the $40,000 Amazon Future Engineer College Scholarship.

The computer science whiz will have the opportunity to participate in a 12-week paid internship at an Amazon location in summer 2023.

Martin is on a roll, with students receiving the award back-to-back. Chijioke Mgbahurike won last year after applying on a whim. After Hong saw Mgbahurike win in 2021, she set a calendar reminder 12 months in advance to apply for the scholarship this year.

“I’m a dreamer with big aspirations, so I made sure to tailor my high school experience to be able to reach all of my goals,” says Hong. “I like to make plans and go after them relentlessly. That’s just how I am.” Her teachers and counselors agree with her sentiment, too. “She is the most tenacious, determined student I know,” says counselor Sara Stringer. “She’s a true overcomer and doesn’t let anything stand in her way.”

“Ruth is always willing to help out and mentor younger students,” says STEM Academy coordinator Marianne Varner. “She’s aware everything is not just about her, and it’s amazing to see someone at her age give so much of themselves to others.”

Hong’s dedication to academics and service goes far from unnoticed. She was president of the school’s computer science club and vice president of Key Club, while also being an active member of the National Honor Society, Library Youth Ambassadors and the swim team.

Hong plans to study in the fall at Minerva University, majoring in computer science. Minerva’s curriculum is tailored to active, global learning. The unique approach to education will allow Hong to travel and study in a different country every semester. Locations like Korea, Germany and Taiwan, should keep it interesting.

MISD students earn an ‘A’

Following a two-year assessment process known student growth is in the 99th percentile in multiple grade levels in both reading and math.

This is a major testament to MISD students, staff and families, and their hard work is why MISD is a destination district committed to excellence. The district is getting by providing each student what they need to thrive and graduate life-ready.

RWG wins state hoops title

The Dr. R.W. Goines STEM Academy in South Arlington (2455 S.E. Green Oaks Blvd.) might be one of the area’s newer schools, but it is already making big news, thanks to RWG’s recent Southwest Athletic Interscholastic Conference state basketball championship. spring, and now the senior Lion basketball players in this resumes.

Photo: The Oakridge School

Merit Finalists Grant Miranda and Sana Kohli (center) are pictured with Oakridge administrators Kellen Lewis, Jim Andersen, Christine Metoyer, and Head of School Jon Kellam. Oakridge Merit scholars

Sana Kohli and Grant Miranda, seniors at The Oakridge School, have been named National Merit Scholarship

This distinction places both students in an elite group of about 15,000 students – less than one percent of the nation’s graduating seniors.

Kohli says she plans to study computer science in college. Miranda says he plans to double major in computer science and economics.

Hooray for Hardman!

Mary Hardman, a kindergarten Mary Hardman, a kindergarten teacher at St. Paul’s Preparatory teacher at St. Paul’s Preparatory School, recently completed her School, recently completed her 21st year at the school. 21st year at the school.

Photo: Tarrant County College

TCC Southeast campus will host College for Kids camps this month

Tarrant County College’s Southeast Campus (2100 Southeast Pkwy.) will host College for Kids summer camps from June 6-23. Sessions are geared for students heading to the third through eighth grades next fall.

Camp classes will be held from Monday-Thursday each week, starting on June 6. Class times will be from 8-11:50 a.m. for morning sessions and from 1-4:50 p.m. for afternoon sessions. All students planning to attend the camps must attend an orientation session from noon-1:30 p.m. or from 5-6:30 p.m. on June 2.

Curriculum for the classes runs the gamut, with sessions focusing on science, math, reading, art, robotics, engineering, debate, sports, ecology, writing and more. For a complete class schedule, visit tinyurl.com/2m29xt7y

The Primrose School difference

Primrose School of N.E. Green Oaks (1900 N.E. Green Oaks Blvd.) is unlike conventional daycare in Arlington, in that it provides children with a robust early education and child-care experience. The school is owned and operated by Lynne Groff, LMSW, and her mother Isobel Morton.

Programs are offered for children of all ages and include Infant, Toddler, Early Preschool, Preschool, Pre-Kindergarten, After School, and a Summer Adventure Club.

Primrose schools offer Ages & Stages Questionnaires®, Third Edition (ASQ®-3) and Ages & Stages Questionnaires®: Social-Emotional, Second Edition (ASQ®:SE-2) as developmental screening tools to help teachers provide more personalized support to children.

primroseschools.com/schools/ne-green-oaks

Photo: St. Paul’s Preparatory School Photo: St. Paul’s Preparatory School

HOPE Tutoring widens scope

Hfree, individualized tutoring to Arlington students, primarily in low-income areas of Arlington. HOPE will be adding second graders next school year and piloting a new reading program. HOPE trains volunteers to provide tutoring and employs site managers to supervise tutoring sessions.

The organization was formed in 1996 as a faith-based outreach with a mission of helping children reach their full academic potential. While HOPE continues to nurture churches, HOPE Tutoring does not offer any religious teaching.

Through the years HOPE has expanded its programs. Most recently, HOPE completed a successful pilot program at McNutt Elementary where it brought tutors to the students during the school day and offered oncampus after-school tutoring. HOPE offers virtual tutoring options and has expanded its after-school sites to include three Arlington Public Libraries as well as area churches. HOPE also offers free, academic summer camps.

The services provided by HOPE are made possible through a Community Development Block Grant from the City of Arlington through the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development as well as through individual donations and foundation grants.

For more: hopetutoring.org

PCA’s Cort MacDonald chose baseball, but he had plenty of options

In a recent “Luke’s Thoughts,” a blog written by Luke Wickiser, the author shared the fascinating story of Pantego Christian athlete Cort MacDonald, who recently signed a letter of intent to play baseball at Stanford.

But, as Wickiser noted, MacDonald very easily could different sports while at PCA: baseball, football, basketball, track and golf. sports a year,” Billie Hicks, PCA’s head baseball coach told Wickiser. “He’s the kid during basketball season, after practice he’s in the cages hitting to make sure he’s ready for baseball season. During football season, after practice he’s in the gym shooting jump shots, free throws and getting his legs underneath him to get ready for basketball. He’s just the type of kid that any coach would like to have.” It’s this relentless work ethic, and desire to be the absolute best at what he does, that sets this “normal” Texas kid apart from the rest, Wickiser wrote. This persistence has enabled him to has the highest batting average in Pantego baseball history, and has been named All-State in football, basketball, baseball and track. And beginning this fall, he’ll be a scholarship athlete at Stanford University.

Wickiser wrote that the foundation for MacDonald’s success was laid down very early in his life, something he credits to support from his family, starting with his dad.

Cort’s older brother Caden, likewise, played a role, as he was drafted by the Los Angeles Dodgers and is a pitcher for the Princeton University baseball team. As Wickiser wrote, Cort looks set to follow in his older brother’s footsteps as he gets set to play for Stanford.

The entirety of this “Luke’s Thoughts” blog entry is a great story about a great local hero. You can access it here:

lukesthoughts.com/2022/05/16/cort-macdonald-walking-his-own-path

St. Joseph students excel

Five students from St. Joseph Catholic School placed at the recent Private Schools Interscholastic Association State Meet at TCU. place in Number Sense, and seventh place in Mathematics. fourth place in Mathematics. Madison Phan earned fourth

Art fun at St. Maria Goretti

Image: St . Maria Goretti Catholic School

keen students of one of the favorite fruits of all time – you needed venture no farther than the classrooms of St. Maria Goretti Catholic School. There kindergarten students at the school created their art and then mock-consumed it as part of a school project.

MISD track athletes medal

Amedals after the recent UIL Track and Field State Meet in Austin.

The Timberview High School girls 4x100 relay team (Princess Miller, Adriane Nwonumah, Norah Nwonumah and Lola Mabon) won gold. Legacy High’s Christine Mallard won gold in the 400-meter race and silver in the 200. Lake Ridge’s 4x400 boys relay team (Jayden Blakey, Jacob Alexander, Chris Akins and Dominic Byles) won silver. Timberview’s Taylor Fingers earned a silver medal in the long jump. Bronze medal winners included wheelchair event and Timberview High’s Glennis Woolridge in the shot put.

We’re guessing this UTA grad is a Texan

Photo: UTA The University of Texas at Arlington handed out diplomas to more than 5,400 graduates during last month’s commencement ceremonies at College Park Center.

The newest roster of UTA grads includes 115 doctoral students, a 25% increase over the previous year.

Upon receiving their degrees, the new graduates joined more than 250,000 Maverick alumni across the state and around the globe. The latest alumni group features hundreds of future nurses and teachers, the Marine sergeant who is dedicating his career to youth development and a remarkable athletic training student who persevered despite numerous medical challenges. presided over the ceremonies.

“Our primary focus is to provide our students with the knowledge and skills to prepare our students for rewarding careers and extraordinary lives. It’s what we owe to our students and to the state of Texas,” Cowley says. “This is a time of celebration for thousands of Mavericks. It is a privilege for all of us at UTA to have helped them along in their educational journeys.”

NEW PRESIDENT IS POISED TO LEAD UTA TO NEW HEIGHTS

Jennifer Cowley urges the Maverick family to ‘Dream Big’ • B

As Jennifer Cowley recently to lead The University of Texas at Arlington, her message to the UTA

“I believe that The University of Texas at Arlington can be one of the nation’s most inclusive and impactful research universities,” said Cowley in a message to campus ourselves and to the state of Texas to hours on the job meeting with student leaders and attending an appreciation breakfast for the University’s administrative communication to campus, she extolled UTA’s commitment to making a college education

“We have the passion and the programs to provide access to a college education for ordinary Texans and help them lead extraordinary lives,” she

Cowley has outlined her strategic vision, saying she plans to focus on four key themes: People and Culture, Student Success, Research and Innovation and Alumni and

“In the meantime, I plan to learn and observe, to ask for your help, to team up with this incredible community, and to chart together a path to where we will go next,” she

The UT System Board of Regents will serve as a professor of public of Architecture, Planning and Public

The appointment was a homecoming of sorts, as Cowley

Before joining UTA, Cowley served as provost and vice president for North Texas, where she led economic development partnerships, advanced diversity and inclusion initiatives, fostered student success, bolstered the research portfolio and helped She previously worked at The serving as the vice provost for capital planning and regional campuses, associate dean of the College of Engineering, head of city and regional planning Cowley said UTA has everything in place to be a leading “We have outstanding and dedicated faculty are innovative, hardworking and passionate in creating their impact devoted alumni grew up in Arlington and attended and steadfast supporters know that summer camps and classes at their help is key to UTA’s role in the economic and cultural growth of our Arlington and UTA make her new

“I was a Maverick long before

“WE HAVE the passion and the programs to provide access to a college education for ordinary Texans and help them lead extraordinary lives.” – Jennifer Cowley

ENCORE APPEARANCE

We liked this 1932 Alfa Romeo SC 2300 Touring Roadster so much that we’re sharing its fascinating story with our readers once more • By Richard Greene

Tushered in the era of automobiles in worldwide racing competition, catapulting winners into international prominence that translated into increased sales for championed as an Italian motorcycle

racer, turned entirely to cars and in 1932 drove an Alfa Romeo to two wins and a second place in three

The car reached speeds exceeding achievement in the early days of

That elevated both him and the Alfa Romeo brand into world-wide

Partly as a result of such a triumph

of engineering for the day, the Alfa Romeo brand has endured, and today new models begin with a price tag

But, if you wanted one similar to

what Nuvolari made famous in 1932, shown here that was owned by local classic car collector, the late John Ridings Lee, you would need to be ready to part with something in the Lee was one of our favorite local collectors; we also previously featured his 1937 Bugatti that captured the top class award in the Concours d’Elegance of Texas held in Arlington last John told us that Alfa Romeos made of his car and that perhaps only seven remain, including one in the internationally acclaimed museum collection of Ralph trophies at the country’s most prestigious gatherings The late John Ridings Lee stands with his Alfa Romeo SC 2300 of exceptional works Touring Roadster, which is an engineering marvel – and a of automotive art at stunning car to look at, as well. Pebble Beach, Amelia Island, The Quail and negotiation through a mediator, but

This red-hot automobile routinely turned heads, and, because of its meticulously crafted motor, it turned them quickly.

trailered to Amsterdam and, from

“I didn’t know if it would start up,” John recalled, “but I put a new my primary restoration expert in be exactly how it came from the Alfa

Eight months later, he had achieved exactly that outcome – quite a feat because original parts are very hard to his collection of extraordinary classic

I asked him, beyond the premier car events he had taken it to compete, what else he may have done to enjoy

Walton (of the Walmart family) depart from Coeur d’Alene, Idaho,”

“There were 23 Alfas and a van With my wife Carole along for the ride, the route took us north across the back side of the Canadian Rockies, southern route past Lake Louise and the NW Royal Canadian Mounted week, but we got to see parts of two countries we had not experienced

We should take note that their experience included long days, some rainy ones, and, all the while, in a race car without a top and scant space for

Closer to home, there was another tour with 25 old cars that met at Dallas Farmers Market and set out for Tyler, Jacksonville and Athens before It must have been quite a scene of the caravan running through piney woods, across country roads and, sometimes, up to speeds exceeding

But, that’s what this car was made impeccable style, performance, and a certain panache that comes with a car

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in this home. And the list of amenities in the kitchen and bathroom runs deep.

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The second annual Arlington Juneteenth Jubilee will host a variety of events designed to

The three-day event, set for June 17-19, includes activities previously planned for this year’s Arlington which was postponed from January Arlington Juneteenth Jubilee will be music and poetry readings, dancing, shopping, food trucks, an ecumenical service and volunteer opportunities Celebration Committee for the past 28

The Arlington Juneteenth Jubilee reception and a ticketed screening of “A a new documentary that explores what life was like for Black residents in a small Arlington community known as The at arlingtonjuneteenthjubilee.org Celebration Committee sponsored the episode, which will also be screened for the public at no cost each hour between

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The second annual Arlington Juneteenth Jubilee will feature live music, art, a day of service and much more • By Susan Schrock

the activities will be held in Downtown

“It’s a community celebration and something for everyone,” says Shirley Adams, who has served on

block area of the city, was the only maps, documents and excerpts from interviews with Black residents and their descendants who lived in this celebrating that existence, the highs and the lows, the surviving and the thriving, and how they worshiped, how they worked and how they “It’s the total span of their lives and told from their perspective and in credence to the voices of others who lived a life experience in a certain time Pointer, Bob Ray Sanders, Randy Parker, Bertha Jones, Geraldine Mills and Beverly Jackson on topics ranging from church and business leaders to the vibrant night life features scholars Gene explore African American life in North Texas after emancipation, as well as the history of racial control

The documentary was produced by Southroad Pictures and Sagassé Media Group, with associate producers

Geraldine Mills, Anthony Cisneros and Shirley Adams and executive producers Lisa Thompson, Jennifer with activities, starting with an MLK opportunities, available for all age groups, will range from sprucing up lawns for residents in need to sorting

“It’s about being able to share and give back to others and make the “It’s great to pass that generational philosophy and those values on to young people,”

The Day of Service Festival will City Center Plaza, located between include dance performances, face painting and other children’s games learn more about the life and legacy in the Civil Rights movement through Tarrant County College’s Exhibit, which will be on display

Saturday’s events also include an art festival on Main Street, music, participating Downtown restaurants their blankets and lawn chairs to enjoy free music at Levitt Pavilion Arlington

The Arlington Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma is sponsoring the Arlington

A highlight of the Jubilee will be the produced docuseries, “Echoes from the Hill.”

Juneteenth Celebration at the Levitt Pavilion, which will feature local artists performing various genres of family friendly music, headlined by R&B/Jazz recording artist Ron Artis II

To close out the Jubilee, the Greater Community Missionary Baptist

The Arlington Juneteenth Jubilee is organized by a committee comprising members from the following organizations and businesses: the DFW, the Levitt Pavilion Arlington for the Performing Arts, the City of Arlington, Downtown Arlington, Arlington Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma and the Arlington Public Library and of course the Arlington Martin Luther Celebration Committee has been an active contributor to the community Celebration Committee has given out scholarships to graduating students, donated time, and resources to the community while continuing to push is supported by Arlington ISD, the Arlington Ministerial Association, Tarrant County College Southeast Campus, the City of Arlington and The

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