The Dallas Examiner headliners for Oct. 24, 2019

VOL. XXXIII • OCTOBER 24, 2019

50 cents

Help Youth End Bullying

Getting Winter-Ready

Dallas City Council reviews VisitDallas corrective action plan Education Pg 3

By DIANE XAVIER The Dallas Examiner

The Dallas Convention and Event Services Department provided the Dallas City Council an update on the proposed VisitDallas amended and restated contract during the City Council briefing Oct. 16.

This update was in response to an audit in January that revealed too much spending and questionable standards by VisitDallas, a not-for-profit organization that promotes Dallas as a business and pleasure destination.

The contract with VisitDallas ends next September and the City Council plans to vote in November on whether or not to renew the contract.

Rosa Fleming, Director of Convention and Event Services for the city, said they are

From left: Sam Coats, interim president and CEO of VisitDallas; Joyce Williams, VisitDallas board chair-elect; Greg White, board member and Dallas Tourism Public Improvement District board chair; Rosa Fleming, director of Convention and Event Services; Joey Zapata, assistant city manager; and Michael A. Mendoza, Chief of Economic Development, discuss the VisitDallas Amended and Restated Contract Oct. 16.

– The Dallas Examiner Screenshot taken from the City of Dallas video

focusing on the existing convention and event services contract with VisitDallas and its allocation of Hotel Occupancy Tax funds.

“We fund VisitDallas to promote tourism and to promote events within Dallas that they can meet the cultural tourism meeting needs and our convention needs in a sale

structure from 18 months out up to as far out as 12 years,” Fleming said.

Sam Coats, interim president and CEO of VisitDallas, explained what the organization does for the city.

“Our sole purpose is to market the city of Dallas,” Coats said.

“Also, to bring meetings, tourists and conventions to the

city. Today, VisitDallas and the city of Dallas are number five in the nation in regards to bringing conventions and events here. In 2019, we sponsored or brought to the city 1,578 events and 10 years ago it was about 502 events. Our budget has doubled from $10 million to $20 million in terms of HOT funds. A lot of good things have happened despite the recent failure in leadership. But since that time we have worked with the city very diligently to fix those items that needed to be corrected and we are continuing to do so.”

Fleming then went over the audit and corrective actions. The Office of the City Auditor released the Audit of VisitDallas Report No. A19-006 Jan. 4, which evaluated the effectiveness of services by VisitDallas between

See VisitDallas Page 2

U.S. Constitution – Courtesy of the National Archives. Census 2010 Sample – Courtesy of U.S. Census Bureau

Texas DPS may hand over data to Census Bureau

By ALEXA URA The Texas Tribune

As the Trump administration moves forward with efforts to compile detailed citizenship information for the upcoming census, the U.S. Census Bureau has asked Texas to consider sharing parts of its driver’s license and ID database.

The Texas Department of Public Safety received the request from the bureau Oct. 2 with a proposal for the state to provide a monthly dataset, including driver license or ID numbers and citizenship status for Texans who have been issued those documents. A DPS spokeswoman said the department was reviewing the request, but “no action has been taken at this time.”

Similar requests went out across the country as part of the Census Bureau’s efforts to comply with a July executive order from President Donald Trump that called for compiling citizenship data from existing government records. The bureau has long used state administrative records to supplement and improve its surveys, the bureau said in a statement released earlier this week, but it recently expanded into driver’s license records for the 2020 census.

“Responses to all Census Bureau surveys and administrative records obtained by the Census Bureau are safe, secure and protected by law,” the bureau’s statement read.

DPS on Friday provided the communications it received from a Census Bu-

See Census Page 2

Read…

President Donald J. Trump, joined by Vice President Mike Pence, addresses his remarks Wednesday in the Diplomatic Reception Room of the White House. – Photo by Shealah Craighead/White House

‘How dare you’ Texans in Congress respond to Trump comparing his impeachment to lynching

By ALEX SAMUELS The Texas Tribune

Members of Texas’ Democratic congressional delegation overwhelmingly condemned President Donald Trump after he sent a Tuesday morning tweet comparing the U.S. House’s impeachment inquiry to a lynching.

“So some day, if a Democrat becomes President and the Republicans win the House, even by a tiny margin, they can impeach the President, without due process or fairness or any legal rights,” Trump wrote on Twitter. “All Republicans must remember what they are witnessing here — a lynching. But we will WIN!” U.S. Rep. Al Green, D-Houston, a vocal Trump critic, offered the most scathing rebuke of the president, accusing him of “weaponizing hate.” Green called Trump “no better than the bigots who screamed ‘blood and soil’ in Charlottesville,” a reference to the 2017 white nationalist protest in Virginia that turned deadly when an avowed neo-Nazi plowed his car into counterprotesters, killing a 32year-old woman. Two others died in a helicopter crash linked to the rally.

“Mr. President, HOW DARE YOU compare impeachment to lynching (the mob murdering and racist terrorizing of Black people)?” Green tweeted.

A White House spokesman insisted that Trump’s reference

Support…

to lynching was not Trump “comparing what happened to him with one of our darkest moments in American history.”

House Democrats began impeachment proceedings in late September after news broke of a summer phone call in which Trump asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to investigate Democratic frontrunner Joe Biden and his son, Hunter.

Trump and his allies have called the probe a political “witch hunt” for weeks, but the president’s use of the racially insensitive term most associated with the hangings of African Americans elicited immediate blowback on Capitol Hill.

Most of Trump’s 2020 rivals – including Texan presidential candidates Beto O’Rourke and Julián Castro – also issued statements of reproof. The Congressional Black Caucus called Trump’s use of the word “unacceptable.”

“What is happening to you, Mr. President, is the Constitutional duty of the Congress. Mr. President you have no moral right to compare or make light of an American tragedy,” tweeted U.S. Rep. Sheila Jackson Lee, D-Houston, who is authoring a resolution on reparations for African Americans over slavery.

“Do not use the word lynching that will reignite the pain and fear that permeated the community of African Americans in a dastardly and violent period in

Subscribe...

America’s history. I am prayerful that these families will someday have justice and peace.”

Throughout his campaign and into his presidential term, Trump has been accused of deepening racial divides with his sometimes inflammatory rhetoric. He was recently denounced as racist for encouraging a chant of “send her back” about a Somali-American congresswoman. He infamously said there was blame “on both sides” for the Charlottesville rally, putting little onus on the white nationalists.

In the hours after Tuesday’s tweet, most Texas Republicans remained silent or dodged questions about Trump’s latest comment, while U.S. Sens. Ted Cruz and John Cornyn appeared to defend the president.

It’s “obviously a word with significant historical freight,” Cruz told a Politico Capitol Hill reporter. “The connotation the president is carrying forward is a political mob seeking an outcome regardless of facts. And that I think is an objectively true description of what is happening in the House right now.”

Cornyn, meanwhile, said “obviously” Trump’s choice of wording was “hyperbole and some people might find it offensive.” He implied that he wasn’t offended by the remark.

“I’ve got a pretty high threshold when it comes to being offended around here,” Cornyn said. “Otherwise it would be all day, every day.”

214-941-3100

LifeStyle Pg 7

Governor: TxDOT can remove homeless camps

Homeless people have set up camp under Highway 290 in South Austin.– Photo by Marjorie Kamys Cotera/The Texas Tribune

By DAVIS RICH The Texas Tribune

Gov. Greg Abbott’s office said Friday the Texas Department of Transportation could force homeless Austin residents out from under bridges and overpasses where some of them live or camp if recent changes to city ordinances don’t result in less feces and fewer needles by Nov. 1.

Abbott plans to work with homeless shelters in Austin, according to a statement from a spokesman, who said they are currently working out details about when or how the camps will be cleared if such a plan is implemented.

The announcement comes less than a day after the Austin City Council changed its ordinances regarding camping, sitting and lying in public spaces. Camping is now banned on city sidewalks, near homeless shelters in and around downtown, and in high wildfire risk areas. Sitting and lying are no longer permitted within 15 feet of the entrance or exit to a business or residence.

“By reforming its homelessness policy, the city of Austin has taken a meaningful step to address the safety and health of Texans – including the homeless,” Abbott spokesman John Wittman said in a statement Friday afternoon. “The state will monitor how well the new policy actually reduces the skyrocketing complaints about attacks by the homeless and other public safety concerns. The state will also continue to monitor water quality for E. coli and other bacteria.”

The city’s change will go into effect Oct. 27, four days before a deadline Abbott gave Austin officials to make a “consequential improvement” with what he called a homelessness crisis in the state’s capital. That deadline and this week’s changes follow the council’s controversial decision earlier this year to relax some ordinances that critics said criminalized homelessness.

News of TxDOT’s potential plans, which the Austin American-Statesman first reported, broke as Austin Mayor Steve Adler met with the media. Adler said he had not communicated with the governor, but that it had been suggested to him that Abbott would move people out of encampments under overpasses near state roads.

“I hope he doesn’t do that unless he has somewhere for those people to go,” Adler said, adding that he doesn’t want people living under overpasses, but he doesn’t want them moved into less public spaces like the woods, either.

Adler also said that he hopes the governor provides people experiencing homelessness with “a housing exit” should Abbott choose to move people into shelters.

Forcing homeless residents from encampments can be tricky, experts say. The Center

See Homeless Page 9

Inside

Education . . . . . 3

Editorial . . . . . . . 4

Reducing Premature Birth Rates Health Pg 6

Perspectives . . . 5

Health . . . . . . . . 6

LifeStyle . . . . . . 7

Calendar . . . . . . 10

8

13818 00799

0

Classifieds . . . . 11

www.dallasexaminer.com

Page 2 October 24, 2019

VisitDallas,

continued from Front Page

fiscal year 2016 and 2017.

“The audit tested the reliability and reporting of VisitDallas performance measures and their usage of HOT and DallasTourism Public Improvement District funds,” Fleming said.

The audit provided 18 recommendations.

The Convention and Event Services and the Office of Economic Development agreed with 11 recommendations and pro-

Census,

continued from Front Page

vided alternative remedies for the remaining seven and both departments committed to bringing for the amended and restated contract to City Council by October 2019.”

Fleming said the major concern regarding the nonprofit organization was their financial transparency, and discussed the audit and corrective action plan.

“The first corrective action includes city improved monitoring of expenses, audit, reporting and invoicing data received from VisitDallas, adopted formal procedures for

reau official, including a template for a data-sharing agreement. That template included a proposal for the state to provide monthly records from 2018 through 2023.

The requested data includes “driver license number or identification number, type of card, name, address, date of birth, sex, race, citizenship status, data issued and date updated.”

Several states have rejected the federal government’s request. But it’s unclear whether Gov. Greg Abbott will follow suit. A spokesman for Abbott did not respond to a request for comment Friday.

In 2017, Texas partly rejected a

documenting VisitDallas expenses and monitored VisitDallas’ expenses to ensure compliance by analyzing, reviewing and documenting expenses on a random sample basis,” Fleming said. “They also requested that VisitDallas maintains a separate bank account for HOT funds and DTPID funds.”

The second corrective action stated that the city will hire an independent third party to analyze the organization’s performance goals and metrics and ensure formal city approval of VisitDallas’ performance

request from the Trump Administration’s now-defunct Election Integrity Commission for voter information, only handing over information that’s considered public under Texas law. And Abbott sought to reassure Texans that while the state would comply with part of a request for information, it would keep “private your private information.”

The Census Bureau’s requests come several months after the Trump administration lost a lengthy court fight to add a citizenship question to the 2020 census – a move that the U.S. Supreme Court blocked after finding that the administration had provided a “contrived” reason for obtaining the information.

The administration had claimed the citizenship question was added at the request of the Justice

Department so officials could better enforce voting rights law. But evidence that emerged through litigation indicated that U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross asked the Justice Department to make that request after he was in touch with Trump advisers.

Although Trump backed away from that effort, he signed an executive order directing the government to use administrative records to compile citizenship information, which aligned with what the Census Bureau had been recommending all along.

But the Census Bureau’s request has raised concerns about the reliability of citizenship information from driver’s license and ID databanks.

Earlier this year, that dataset derailed Texas’ efforts to scour its voter rolls for noncitizens when

Looking for a choice school?

Dallas ISD has it!

Dallas ISD Trustee JUSTIN HENRY District 9

Dallas ISD has heard parents’ requests for more choice in the selection of available school programs, and today we offer more choices than ever before.

Our goal is to become a district where every child can find a school that fits their unique interests, learning styles and future aspirations.

To show off our variety, we’re hosting the Discover Dallas ISD school showcase from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., Saturday, Nov. 2, at W.H. Adamson High School, 309 E. Ninth St., in Oak Cliff.

At Discover Dallas ISD, families can learn about and apply for single-gender schools, STEM, STEAM, leadership, schools for the talented and gifted, twoway dual language, visual and performing arts, career institutes, International Baccalaureate, collegiate academies and early college high schools.

Keep in mind that when you choose Dallas ISD, your students receive meals, extracurricular activities, athletics and fulltime nurses and counselors—all at no personal charge. To learn more, visit www.dallasisd.org/yourchoices.

Take Our School Choice Survey You can help shape the future of school choice in Dallas ISD. Please take a

minute to respond to our opinion survey. For English, go to: https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/pschoice19 20. For the survey in Spanish, visit: https://es.surveymonkey.com/r/pschoice19 20sp.

In school news in District 9:

Students at Lincoln and Madison high schools go high-tech All 9-12 students at James Madison and Lincoln high schools received Chromebooks and wi-fi hotspots, thanks to a generous donation by Sprint’s 1Million Project Foundation. A total of six district schools shared in a $4.5 million technology donation that is fueling the district’s 1-to-1 technology rollout. Ultimately, all district students will receive technology devices for their use during the school year.

200 schools played host to guest principals on Oct. 10 Company presidents, ministers, performing arts CEOs, hotel managers and community development directors were among the community leaders who served in our schools during the annual Principal For A Day. District 9 schools were well represented among the 200 schools that hosted guest principals who shadowed our hard-working principals, met students, and learned what it takes to run an effective campus.

Campus brags On Nov. 1, Edna Rowe Elementary School is hosting

a ribbon-cutting ceremony to show off new building improvements funded by the district’s 2015 bond program, and a new learning garden created with the support of Out Teach and sponsor Boston Consulting Group.

Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing & Visual Arts recently held a grand opening for its new state of the art recording and production studio. The studio is the culmination of a $1.7 million fundraising campaign that began with the school’s advisory board and the 2018 Crystal Charity Ball.

Kudos to the following District 9 teachers who won grants from the Junior League of Dallas to fund innovative classroom projects: • Jennifer Calk of Ann Richards STEAM Middle School won funding for a hands-on student geometry project.

• Abisoye Odubanjo of CityLab High School will involve students in a renewable energy project.

• Beatriz Zuluaga of Frank Guzick Elementary is challenging students to build a robot with LEGO building sets.

• Megan Vance of Harold Wendell Lang Sr. Middle School will lead students with Autism in real-life, hands-on learning experiences using technology.

• Patsy Starks of J.P. Starks Math, Science and Technology Vanguard will teach students about the world of 3D printing.

Paid for by the Dallas Independent School District

goals.

“It will also provide adequate assurance that key metrics such as economic impact, bookings and consumed activity are independently validated on a periodic basis and relevant supporting historical data is retained,” she continued. “It also is working to factor historical results of events when setting CityWide event bookings performance goals and also monitoring VisitDallas’ compensation practices with particular focus on employee incentive compensation.”

The third corrective action

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

called for VisitDallas, with city input, to engage a third party to analyze and provide feedback on the reasonableness and sufficiency of the group’s policies, procedures and backup source data.

The amended and restated contract also called for the Creative Industries Transition of the Dallas Film Commission to VisitDallas upon approval.

“The Commission is responsible for marketing developing sales and strategies to attract business and foster the growth of the creative media industries in

the secretary of state relied on driver’s license and ID data to question the citizenship status of nearly 100,000 registered voters, only to discover later that tens of thousands of them were naturalized citizens.

In Texas, immigrants who are not citizens can obtain driver’s licenses and IDs, which are valid for several years, and are not required to update DPS if they become naturalized citizens before they have to renew those documents.

Data from the decennial census is used to distribute billions of dollars in federal funding and is the basis for political representation. In announcing his executive order earlier this year, Trump offered the clear indication that his administration was seeking the detailed citizenship data to offer

Dallas,” Fleming said.

Furthermore, as part of the negotiation process, VisitDallas representatives agreed to increase the retainage fee from 2% to 3%.

“If VisitDallas does not meet the predetermined goals set for each quarter, the retainage reverts to the city of Dallas,” Fleming said.

VisitDallas also proposed a reduction from 55 to 20 voting board members.

states the ability to redraw legislative districts based on who is eligible to vote.

Evidence in the litigation over the citizenship question uncovered a 2015 analysis of the Texas House that demonstrated how using the population of citizens who are voting age, as opposed to total population, would lead to a “radical redrawing” of House districts and prove advantageous to Republicans and White Texans.

Texas House leaders have since said they have no plans to use citizenship data in this way. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick, who presides over the Texas Senate, has not responded to questions about whether he would support such a move.

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

EDUCATION

Page 3 October 24, 2019

Empowering youth to end bullying A resource not to Family Features

From the classroom to the internet, bullying can lead to children developing a poor self-image or lead to bullying others. In fact, members of Generation Z believe bullying is the biggest issue facing their generation, according to new data.

A survey of American youth ages 6-17, commissioned by the Boy Scouts of America, the nation’s foremost youth program of character development and values-based leadership training, found bullying ranked as the top concern for young people in their own communities, across the country and on a global scale. At the same time, 84% of those surveyed said they want to be a part of the solution.

Consider these ideas to help your youth learn how to overcome, avoid and break down the cycle of bullying:

Unplugged and outdoors It is important for parents to promote healthy, face-to-face social interactions. Outdoor activities allow children to work together, solve problems and bond in a way that typically can’t be achieved through a screen. They also give children a break from the cyber world, where bullying is often prevalent.

Encourage kindness Ninety-seven percent of Gen Z members surveyed said being kind is important. Encourage youth to act on that feeling and remind them that it doesn’t take any extra energy to be kind. Serve as a role model by making kindness a foundation in your family, just as the Boy Scouts of America have done. The Scout Law lists being kind as one of 12 guiding characteristics.

Educate and equip Parents should educate their children about why bullying is never OK, equip them with the knowledge they’ll need to recognize it and encourage them to report and safely respond to all forms of bullying they observe.

Use the buddy system In Scouting, the buddy system pairs youth together to help ensure the well-being of one another. This

be ignored – the school counselor American Counseling Association

Photos courtesy of Family Features

approach is used for practical and safety reasons that can also be applied to everyday life. A pair or group of youth are less likely to get bullied, and buddies can be supportive by being an upstander.

Explore differences As a family, look for ways to get involved in activities that include families from different backgrounds and cultures. Introducing youth to ideas and lifestyles different from their own can be an enlightening experience, and that knowledge can help break down some of the barriers that contribute to bullying, such as fear and misunderstanding.

Learn more about ways to help put an end to bullying at http://www.scouting.org.

Improving communities Creating a better community may be a collaborative goal, but as survey data from the Boy Scouts of America shows, the solutions lie

much closer to home and can be inspired by the acts of individuals: • 97% of those surveyed said being kind to others is important.

• 84% said they want to be a part of solving community issues in the future.

• 79% said improving their community is important.

• 50% said the reason they focus on some of these issues because their parents are passionate about them.

• Bullying was a top concern among respondents, with 86% of respondents saying that not being bullied is a daily priority and 30% saying that out of 20-plus societal issues, bullying is the problem they most want solved globally.

• Other top concerns respondents want to help solve are hunger (28%) and care for elders (27%) at the local level; animal rights (28%) and recycling (28%) at the national level; and poverty (28%) and human rights (26%) at the global level.

Many parents aren’t aware of the wide range of services their schools’ counselors have to offer. Yes, professional school counselors often provide help for students facing classroom struggles, but their range of assistance goes far beyond that.

School counselors have expertise and skills to benefit just about every student. They’re also a resource to support every parent. A starting point in making the best use of your school’s counselors is to recognize that these are who have counselors completed extensive training to work in schools.

All school counselors are certified or licensed by their state and in most states are required to have completed at least a Masters degree or the equivalent.

A school counselor’s training is focused on understanding youth and their educational and developmental needs. Their education equips him or her with the tools and means to help students achieve their academic, personal/social, and career goals. Through their work with students, counselors can advise teachers, students and parents about classes offering the appropriate challenges and the best educational outcomes.

School counselor’s work with older students can include information about which classes can best fulfill their educational and career goals, as well as explaining options for colleges,

technical training or other directions after high school.

And, as trained professional counselors, school counselors can also assist students facing potential problem areas.

From substance abuse to bullying situations to improving study skills, school counselors are there to help students at any grade level, as well as their families, better handle the variety of challenges students face today. aren’t Counselors magicians, but they can offer proven techniques and approaches that can assist in addressing real problems.

Don’t wait for a crisis to talk with your child’s school counselor. An introductory meeting early in the year gives you a chance to meet the counselor, discuss your child, and learn what assistance might be available.

Even more important is to contact that counselor quickly when problems first appear.

Slipping grades or abrupt changes in a child’s attitude, behavior or friends, can all be signs that help is needed.

That’s when a professional counselor can make a real difference.

School counselors are professionals who have a great deal to offer our children. When we don’t take advantage of their training, skills and experience, we’re only shortchanging ourselves, our children and our children’s educational experience.

The Counseling Corner is provided by the American Counseling Association.

Page 4 October 24, 2019

Celebrating the servant leadership of Steven Minter By MARIAN WRIGHT EDELMAN Children’s Defense Fund

My friend Steven Minter, who passed away in September, was one of the groundbreaking Black public servants who broke many barriers and opened doors for others and one of the two unheralded but extraordinarily effective leaders people need to know about. Minter was a founding undersecretary of the U.S. Department of Education and longtime leader of the Cleveland Foundation, where he made an enormous difference for Ohio’s children and families.

The Children’s Defense Fund was especially grateful for his strong support of CDF-Ohio’s work creating a level playing field for all of Ohio’s children and supporting local high school students beating the odds.

Many people do not realize what a strong role foundations play in supporting and strengthening their communities. As a foundation head, university instructor and administrator, member of dozens of panels, commissions, and corporate and nonprofit boards over his long professional life, Minter was a quiet, effective force for good.

Minter grew up in Ohio, the oldest of eight children in a family that emphasized service and education. He worked three jobs to put himself through Baldwin Wallace College. One of them was washing dishes in the dining hall, where he met his beloved wife Dolly, who was working as a waitress.

As his family remembers: “Theirs was a true love story. Although interracial marriage was still illegal in 22 states, they were married in 1961, the spring of Dolly’s senior year. Over the 56 years of their marriage, he and Dolly formed what they described as a ‘partner mentality,’ sharing values of family, community, and the belief that ‘unto whom much is given, much is required.’”

His first job after college was as a caseworker for the Cuyahoga County Welfare Department. His family said he took that position after he had a hard time finding a teaching job. But what may have initially felt like a detour “proved to be a fateful and fortuitous decision,” was the foundation of all he went on to do and “his empathy for those living in poverty, confidence in their ability to improve their condition, commitment to structural change, and capacity to mentor and convene others were all called upon in his work.”

He earned a master’s degree in social work from Case Western University and within a few years became the department’s first Black and youngest director. That new position began giving him national opportunities, including serving on the commission that created Head Start. He was then recruited to become the Commissioner of Public Welfare of Massachusetts, where he served for four years before returning home and taking a position at the Cleveland Foundation.

Just two years later he took a leave of absence from the Foundation when President Jimmy Carter asked him to serve as undersecretary in the newly created U.S. Department of Education. A beautiful photo shows him after his swearing-in ceremony at the White House with President Carter and Minter’s handsome large family, including his parents and several of his brothers who served in Vietnam in uniform. As Minter helped organize the newly founded department he put key frameworks into place for our nation’s children, including Title I, intended to provide special funding to low-income schools.

At the end of the Carter administration Minter returned to the Cleveland Foundation. He served first as a program officer, then as associate director, and in 1984, became the Foundation’s executive director and president. As the first Black leader of a community foundation his family says Minter “quietly but firmly insisted on minority access to and participation in the city’s institutional life” as the Foundation focused on key needs in public education, housing, health care and jobs.

Under his leadership the foundation supported neighborhood revitalization, public school improveand the ment, redevelopment of Cleveland’s famous Playhouse Square and were early funders of AIDS public health initiatives. After retiring from the foundation, Minter spent 15 years as executivein-residence and fellow at the Center for Nonprofit Policy and Practice at the Levin College of Urban Affairs at Cleveland State University and continued serving on many commissions and boards, receiving honors, awards and recognitions all along the way.

I am especially grateful for my family’s longtime friendship with Minter, Dolly and their daughters Michele Minter, Caroline Minter Hoxby and Robyn Minter Smyers. Minter stayed at our home in Washington when he worked for the Department of Education. My husband Peter and I shared an especially memorable vacation, hiking in the Swiss Alps with Minter and his wife. And I am so glad our children are now carrying on the connections to the next generation.

Today, Michele serves as Vice Provost of Institutional Equity and Diversity at Princeton University, Caroline is a professor of economics at Stanford University and Robyn is a Partner and executive committee member at Thompson Hine LLP, as all three carry on their wonderful parents’ rich legacy of excellence and service. They are a final reflection of Minter’s well-lived life.

Marian Wright Edelman is founder and president emerita of the Children’s Defense Fund whose mission is Leave No Child Behind. For more information, visit http://www.childrensdefense.org.

EDITORIAL

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

Elijah Cummings:

The Urban League Movement has had fewer greater champions in Congress

By MARC H. MORIAL National Urban League

“Steely yet compassionate, principled yet open to new perspectives, Chairman Cummings remained steadfast in his pursuit of truth, justice, and reconciliation.

It’s a tribute to his native Baltimore that one of its own brought such character, tact, and resolve into the halls of power every day. And true to the giants of progress he followed into public service, Chairman Cummings stood tallest and most resolute when our country needed him the most.”

And he will be remembered for his passionate commitment to integrity in our public institutions.

His life and his legacy, however, encompass so much more.

The many tributes to Cummings upon his death on Thursday noted that his life represented the American Dream. Specifically, it represented the African American dream. He was a child of southern sharecroppers who headed north as part of the Great Migrations.

He was inspired to become a lawyer by NAACP National Youth Director Juanita Jackson Mitchell, the first African American woman to practice law in Maryland. Under her guidance, 11-year-old Cummings and other Black boys leaped into a formerly allWhite swimming pool in Baltimore, triggering mob violence that left him with a lifelong scar.

It was the proprietor of the drugstore where Cummings worked as a teenager who paid his application fee to Howard University. He thrived at Howard, earning his degree in political science in 1973 and his law degree at University of Maryland three years later.

He entered public service in 1983 as a member of

Maryland’s House of Delegates. He was the first African American to serve as Speaker Pro Tempore.

After winning his seat in Congress with more than 80 percent of the vote, he was reelected 11 times with overwhelming majorities.

The Urban League Movement had few greater champions in Congress than Cummings, who led major initiatives to promote economic justice, civil rights, voter protection and educational opportunity.

This year alone, legislation he introduced that mirrors Urban League policy includes a proposal to facilitate partnerships between the Small Business Administration and HBCUs to establish Small Business Development Centers. His Promoting Reentry through Education in Prisons Act would ease barriers to reentry by providing incarcerated individuals with the educational opportunities they need to successfully reenter their communities upon release. The SAFE Lending Act would crack down on some of the worst abuses of the payday lending industry and protect consumers from deceptive and predatory practices that strip wealth from working families.

He was a champion for

‘‘ ’’ – President Barack Obama

It’s hard to express just how great a loss the death of Elijah Cummings represents to the civil rights community.

He was in the public eye most recently for his role as chair of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, one of three House committees conducting an impeachment inquiry of President Trump.

Black History Fact

He who is not courageous enough to take risks will accomplish nothing in life.

– Muhammad Ali

The Dallas Examiner

Seneca Village was the first prominent Black community in New York City. The neighborhood was filled with prospering Black families, 70 wood and brick homes and clean spring water obtained by the 50 percent of African Americans property owners in the area.

In 1853, the many African American people who lived in the village were displaced by the New York State legislature for the creation of a park.

Today, the park where a popular tourist site where an established Black community once lived, is now known as Central Park.

Source: centralparknyc.org; mcah.columbia.edu; npr.org

voting rights, making an impassioned plea on the House floor against voter suppression.

“On my mother’s dying bed, [a] 92 years old former sharecropper, her last words were, ‘Do not let them take our votes away from us,’” he said. “She had fought and seen people harmed, beaten, trying to vote. Talk about inalienable rights.

Voting is crucial. And I don’t give a damn how you look at it: There are efforts to stop people from voting.

That’s not right. This is not Russia. This is the United States of America.”

Cummings saw his responsibility to conduct oversight of the President as a constitutional imperative, but his responsibility to serve his constituents as a moral imperative. The nation needs leaders like Cummings who are guided by honor and comported by dignity. We grieve his loss and offer our deepest condolences to his family.

Marc H. Morial, former mayor of New Orleans, is president and CEO of the National Urban League. He can be reached through http://nul.iamempowered.com .

Attorney Fred J. Finch Jr., Founder Mollie Finch Belt • Publisher

James C. Belt III • VP of Advertising

Robyn H. Jimenez • VP of Production & Editorial Shaia Moore • Copy Editor

Michael L. Hupp • Production Assistant

Tina Jones • Administrative Assistant

Reporters

Mike McGee Diane Xavier Matthew Hirst Mathew Shaw

Contributing Reporters Jessica Ngbor

Columnists

Susan Smith Marian Wright Eldelman Charlene Crowell

THE DALLAS EXAMINER

4510 Malcolm X Blvd. • Dallas, Texas 75215 Phone 214-941-3100 • Fax 214-941-3117 http://www.dallasexaminer.com

EDITOR’S NOTE

Opinions of columnists or letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the opinions of The Dallas Examiner, its editors or its publisher. The Dallas Examiner welcomes correspondence from our readers. The Dallas Examiner is published every Thursday. Stories or news of interest to our readers are invited. Submissions will be printed at the sole discretion of the publisher. The entire content of The Dallas Examiner is copyrighted. Any use or reproduction, in part or in whole, is forbidden without the expressed written permission of the publisher.

• A MBE Certified Company •

Audited by:

Read… Support… Subscribe!

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

PERSPECTIVES

Page 5 October 24, 2019

He was on a determined man on a mission

By EDDIE BERNICE JOHNSON

U.S. House of Representatives

Like my late colleague, Congressman Elijah Eugene Cummings, who represented the people of the 7th Congressional District of Maryland for more than two decades, I know that serving as chair of a congressional committee brings with it a myriad of challenges and responsibilities.

Cummings, at age 68,

chaired the powerful House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, investigating wrongdoing in our government on behalf of the American people.

He slipped away on Oct. 17 at Johns Hopkins Hospital in his beloved hometown of Baltimore, where he attended law school and where his mother and father birthed a ministry.

While he had been ill for a time, Cummings never once complained about his sickness. His health failing, he used a walker and a scooter to navigate the corridors of

power in Congress.

When he could not attend important meetings called

by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, he participated by telephone from a hospital bed where he would sign subpoenas compelling government officials and others to testify before his committee.

Cummings loved serving.

He adored the people of this country and he found solace in the principles of our democracy, and in the foundations on which they stand.

With a booming baritone voice, Cummings expressed

outrage when he was presented with evidence of acts that contravened the best principles and practices of our government and its policies.

He was relentless in the pursuit of the truth and he sought a balance between divergent political positions. He could disagree with others without being disagreeable.

When asked why Chairman Cummings seemed to push himself when it was obvious he was ailing, a former colleague said, “He was on a mission!”

He once said to a newspaper reporter, during a hospital stay, that he knew that he was living on “borrowed time.”

Yet indeed, Cummings was on a mission and he would not quit until he had fulfilled the promises he had made to those who elected him, and to those who stood with him in the fight for justice, fairness and so much more.

Yes, my dear friend and colleague has departed. He will never make another speech from the well of the House nor will he vote on

the floor.

Yet, his presence will remain with us. His spirit will encourage us and his passion will provide us with direction and peace during the turbulence that life can bring.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson represents the 30th Congressional District of Texas in the United States House of Representatives. She also chairs the House Committee on Science, Space and Technology.

The neverending anger of White people

By SUSAN K. SMITH Crazy Faith Ministries

It seems that the anger of White people in this country has been an issue for almost as long as this country has been in existence.

That, in spite of the fact that their very Whiteness has provided them free reign to commit crimes against Black people and protection against being called into accountability for their crimes. Black people, because of angry White people and a pliant political and judicial system, have never been able to get justice – something that all human beings desire and deserve. And yet, it is the White people who are always angry.

The eruption of White anger is never far from us. It was present in Charlottesville, Virginia, when Whites marched through the streets voicing their determination that they would not be “replaced.”

Their anger resulted in the murder

of Heather Heyer, run down by a car driven by an angry White man.

It erupted after the Civil War, when Black people were given the right to live as human beings. Their anger led and inspired them to lynch literally thousands of Black people just because they could and get away with it.

Their anger erupted when Black servicemen and women returned to this country after fighting in wars to preserve this nation’s democracy. Had Blacks refused to fight, they would have been castigated and probably arrested or worse, but their fighting did not make Whites like them or respect them any more. If anything, it made them angrier because Whites perceived that Blacks had become “uppity.”

Whites killed many Blacks while they were still in uniform, according to the Equal Justice Initiative.

White anger erupted when Black people, in spite of all that was done to try to keep them “in their place,” went ahead and prospered in spite of those barriers. The infamous massacre of Black people by angry Whites in Tulsa, Oklahoma, is an

episode of American history hardly even whispered about, a CNN report noted. Whenever and wherever Blacks have fought for economic justice, they were often opposed and too often murdered because they dared fight for what was rightfully theirs, noted the Smithsonian Magazine.

Whites have always been angry about Black people.

There has been no single entity that has protected Black people or insured that they get justice. The fact that the police officer who shot and killed Botham Jean in his own house only received a sentence of 10 years in prison, while a young man who missed jury duty got 10 days in jail plus a host of other punitive actions, still causes the soreness caused by ongoing racism to smart all the more. Throughout history, not even the United States Supreme Court could be counted on to make sure that Black people got justice, NPR.org reported.

But in spite of Black people being violated, challenged, discriminated against, and killed by people who killed them just be-

cause they could, it is White people who are always angry. Black people are expected to be quiet and not be angry at all while this system walks over them and causes them undue pain and misery, even while denying them justice and a level playing field. From those who were angry at the murder of Emmett Till to those who are insulted that Colin Kaepernick would dare “take a knee” to protest police brutality against Black people, Blacks who express anger are criticized and mocked, NPR.org also reported.

To make matters worse, too many White people have relied on their religion – their version of Christianity – to justify their treatment of not only Blacks, but poor Whites, people with HIV/AIDS, and Muslims, for starters. As the country has had to absorb the painful loss of Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Baltimore), one White religious talk show is saying that Mr. Cummings’ death was “God’s revenge for taking on Trump,” the Washington Examiner reported.

White anger is irrational. It is dis-

gusting. And it is misplaced.

But it is a mainstay of America.

And it is eroding whatever capacity for decency this country has ever had. In spite of this irrational and ongoing anger, Black people in this country have been able to endure and prosper, but every now and then, the souls of Black folk rise up, asking God, in the words found in the Bible, read by Black people and by angry Whites alike, a book they claim to love, “How long, Lord?”

It seems that that answer is yet to be cemented in the fabric of America. White anger is a pandemic, and going untreated and ignored, is only getting worse.

Rev. Dr. Susan K. Smith is the founder and director of Crazy Faith Ministries. She is available for speaking. Contact her at revsuekim@sbcglobal.net. Her latest book, Rest for the Justice-Seeking Soul, is now available for preorder through Barnes and Noble at http://bit.ly/restbn or Amazon at through http://bit.ly/restamazon.

Bicameral lawmakers: Strengthen, not weaken, CRA By CHARLENE CROWELL Center for Responsible Lending

For more than 40 years, the Community Reinvestment Act has served as a mechanism for the federal government to hold banks and other depository institutions accountable for meeting the credit needs of low and moderate income neighborhoods. Enacted in 1977, the CRA has the power to influence applications for bank mergers, charters, acquisitions and branch openings.

On Oct. 4, a bicameral group of Capitol Hill lawmakers wrote a letter to federal regulators, making clear the need for CRA to be strengthened – not weakened – under the guise of modernization. The letter also requests hearings on the issue in both the House Fi-

nancial Services Committee and in the Senate Banking Committee.

Although the lawmakers acknowledged how banking, like so many other industries, has changed over several decades, the thrust of their letter was that any modernization must also reflect CRA’s original intent: “to serve all communities with the types of credit and investment those communities need.”

“Regulators cannot determine how a bank is serving the needs of its local community by relying on a simple ratio or dollar volume metric,” wrote 21 members of Congress and eight U.S. senators. “Instead, examiners should review whether banks are reaching the borrowers and neighborhoods that CRA was intended to serve.”

“While it is important that, in the face of new technologies and products, we appropriately assess lenders’

efforts to serve all communities with the types of credit and investment those communities need, it is even more essential that the original purpose of the law not be undermined.”

The lawmakers’ concerns are reinforced by worsening income inequality and the growing and persistent racial wealth gap.

For example, a 2018 joint report by the Brookings Institution’s Metropolitan Policy Program and Gallup found that when it comes to race, the economic playing field is far from equal. The Devaluation of Assets in Black Neighborhoods, published last November, zeroed in on homeownership, often the building block for financial stability, wealth accumulation, and how well the credit needs – i.e., mortgages – of a community are being met. This report’s key finding was that owner-occupied homes in Black neighborhoods are under-

valued by $48,000 per home on average, a cumulative loss of $156 billion.

“Laws have changed, but the value of assets – buildings, schools, leadership, and land itself – are inextricably linked to the perceptions of Black people,” stated the Brookings report.

“And those negative perceptions persist.”

This spring, the Roosevelt Institute, the nonprofit partner to the Franklin D. Roosevelt Presidential Library and Museum and the University of California at Berkeley’s Haas Institute for a Fair and Inclusive Society, collaborated with the Ford Foundation in a multiphased project on the nation’s nagging racial wealth gap. Their report states in part, “The research illustrated how solutions that were long assumed to lessen economic inequality – such as equalizing wages and educational opportunities and outcomes – will not actually

close the RWG.” One of the key conclusions reached in the Fordsponsored research was “the problem is structural and historical, not individual.”

In other words, systemic, long-term approaches – not quick fixes – are essential to achieving racial economic parity. Just as the full faith and credit of the United States backs deposits of these institutions, it seems fair to hold them accountable to serve the entire public – especially consumers and communities that include low-to-moderate income households.

At the same time, it is equally important that federal financial regulators speak and act with a united voice, dedicated to equity and fairness. The Federal Reserve, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, more commonly known as FDIC, and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency must speak and act in unison

with financial equity as their ultimate goal. If financial policies can lay the groundwork for broad and sustained economic progress, they will well serve the nation and begin to address the persistent racial wealth gap.

“Now is the time for consumers, communities, small businesses and others to remind our leaders that CRA is a vital part of our collective economic futures,” said Nikitra Bailey, an EVP with the Center for Responsible Lending. “Access to mortgages, small business loans, and community development capital are just as much a part of CRA as preserving full-service bank branches.”

Charlene Crowell is the communications deputy director with the Center for Responsible Lending. She can be reached at charlene.crowell@responsiblelending.org.

Is there more to teaching and learning than testing?

By BARBARA D. PARKS-LEE New York Amsterdam News

(NNPA ESSA) – Teaching is a multifaceted calling for many and an occupation for some, but how can teaching and learning effectiveness be measured without testing?

There must be some way – or ways – to measure what and whether students are learning, and teachers are teaching. Rigor, high standards, curriculum design, learning and teaching styles, and external demands all must be considered in any teaching and learning situation, regardless of location and resources.

As the teaching population becomes more monocultural and the school-aged population becomes more multicultural, teaching materials, beliefs and techniques tend to rely too heavily on standardized tests and testing materials. In order for education to capitalize

on the strengths and talents of learners and the skills and professionalism of their teachers, what kinds of additional progress measures might be employed?

Different kinds of professional development programs and materials may be needed to provide more sufficient and culturally responsive information about the teaching and learning process.

One way of assessing whether students are actively engaged in learning on a high level might be using multidisciplinary and interdisciplinary materials such as those in an original textbook of poems, short stories and essays.

The book, Connections: A Collection of Poems, Short Stories, and Essays with Lessons, became part of a study in the Washington, D. C. schools and surrounding metropolitan areas of Prince George’s County, Maryland, and Alexandria, Virginia, from 1996-2001.

It addresses some of the challenges that Jonathan Kozol raised in his book Savage Inequalities, which stated that “pedagogic

problems in our cities are not chiefly matters of injustice, inequality, or segregation, but of insufficient information about teaching strategies.”

Both neophyte and experienced teachers participated in a study that provided them with information, materials, and teaching strategies to employ with urban, poor, and predominantly, but not exclusively, African American youth.

The idea for the study originated with a concern that an increasingly middle class or suburban teaching force often seems unable to meet the needs of diverse students who are different from them in class, socioeconomic status, geography, ethnicity and/or culture.

The Connections materials were intended to help address ways to foster a positive impact upon all children, but particularly upon children of color. In addition, teachers using these materials might also feel more empowered to think creatively and to utilize students’ strengths and talents as they incorporate high and rigorous

interdisciplinary and multidisciplinary lessons and higher order thinking skills in order to increase academic achievement.

Effective teachers believe that we must produce and use materials that encourage students to be able to read, to write, to speak, to be creative, to understand, and to interpret what they hear and read. If students can develop these proficiencies, they may experience greater success on standardized tests.

Success breeds success, and if our students are to be involved learners and thinkers, we cannot keep doing the same things the same ways and then blaming students and teachers if standardized test scores are not optimal. There must be more inclusive ways of tapping into and measuring what is taught and what is learned. Standardized tests are but one way and should not be the only way to validate the teaching and learning processes.

There are three domains to teaching: the cognitive, the affective and the psychomotor. The one that is not easily addressed by standard-

ized testing is the affective domain.

As Sharon M. Draper said, “You must reach a child before you can teach a child.” The challenge comes when trying to measure the affective domain. However, affective success is often reflected in student attendance and behaviors that are involved, on-task and diligent.

There is often a spirit of collaboration and cooperation between the teacher and the students.

Fewer discipline problems are observed when there is a positive classroom community involved.

When diverse students are allowed to utilize their talents and skills, they often become self-motivated because they feel affirmed, valued and respected.

Barbara D. Parks-Lee, PhD. is a retired national board certified teacher, author, motivational speaker and a Carnegie scholar and fellow in the Washington, D.C., metro area. She can be reached through http://www.amsterdamnews.com.

Page 6 October 24, 2019

HEALTH

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

Counseling Corner Medical breakthrough could reduce

Understanding why people lie

American Counseling Association

We live in a world where lying has become a fairly common occurrence.

Indeed, there are now organizations specializing in fact checking political statements and business releases to uncover the fabrications often presented.

Of course, it’s not just political figures or business leaders with a monopoly on fibbing to us. Lies happen in most homes, whether it’s the little boy standing over the smashed vase he says he didn’t break, or the teenager offering a story for why she was two hours past curfew last night.

For many lies, the reasons are complicated.

Sometimes it’s to protect the liar from being punished, or to protect else from someone punishment. The lie might be to avoid being embarrassed, to hide an awkward situation, or to simply have others think better of the person telling the fib. Such lying isn’t admirable, but not hard to understand why it occurs.

It’s harder to fathom why some people often tell lies with no clear purpose and when the lies are usually easy to disprove.

Researchers say there are various reasons why some people lie compulsively.

One is that the lie being told may not seem a lie to the person telling it. liars can Repetitive sometimes feel so much

pressure that their memory is unreliable. They try to relieve that pressure by saying something that will make the situation work.

For that person, what was just said is what they want to believe. The person lying may so badly want the lie to be the truth that the lie becomes his or her actual truth.

People who lie repeatedly often have a desire to be in control.

When the truth of a situation doesn’t agree with such control, they produce a lie that does conform to the narrative they desire.

Such people may also worry they won’t be respected if the truth can leave them looking poorly.

Instead, they offer a lie that casts them in a good light, but they aren’t able to see that in most cases that what they offered has no basis in reality.

It would be nice if we could believe everything we are told, whether from that child with the broken vase or from that politician at a political rally. But that’s not going to happen and therefore it’s important for all of us to sometimes dig just a little deeper and try to find the actual truth.

The Counseling Corner is provided by the American Counseling Association.

Comments and questions can be sent to acacorner@counseling.org or visit http://www.counseling.org.

premature birth rates, save lives

Black PR Wire

WASHINGTON – Members of Congress heard Oct. 23 how a simple, inexpensive progesterone gel can reduce the number of premature births and delivery room deaths.

The briefing by Sonia Hassan, M.D., associate vice president of Women’s Health and founder of the new Office of Women’s Health at Wayne State University in Detroit, was the first in the Wayne State University Capitol Series “Improving Health Outcomes for Minority Women and Their Children,” held in partnership with U.S. Reps.

Brenda Lawrence and Rashida Tlaib.

The vaginal gel, to be used topically, is for women found to have a shortened cervix. Studies show it decreases the rate of preterm births.

“I am truly concerned with the idea that each year nearly 700 women in the U.S. die as a result of pregnancy or delivery complications, and the risk of pregnancy-related death is three to four times as high for Black women,” said Lawrence, co-chair of the Congressional Women’s Caucus. “This series hosted in collaboration with Wayne State University will allow my colleagues and me to gather the information needed to create legislation that will help improve maternal health outcomes for more women of color and their children.”

The continued rise in its preterm birth rate earned the U.S. a C grade on the March of Dimes Premature Birth Report Card. In 2018, 30 states saw their rates decline compared to the

duce the national rate of preterm birth and infant mortality as well as address the complications and causes of the ethnic/racial disparities that exist in these adverse pregnancy outcomes.

Hassan’s findings about the progesterone’s effectiveness led to the implementation of a citywide program in Detroit to educate and assist women at risk for preterm birth in delivering their babies to term. The program has been so successful in driving down the numbers of preterm birth that it is being implemented in other cities, including Flint, Michigan.

Stock photo “Universal implementation of cerviprevious year and 10 states received a cal ultrasound and vaginal progesworse grade. The rates are highest terone is estimated to result in the prevention of preterm birth, with an among African American women. annual savings of more than $500 to “So many mothers and their children $750 million in health care costs for are depending on us to solve this crisis the U.S.,” Hassan said. “I hope to of high-risk pregnancies,” Tlaib said. show Congress that its continued “This is why the issue of investment in this type of repreterm birth and pregsearch pays a dividend in nancy complications healthier mothers and surrounding women Preterm birth children, while reducof color deserves ing the attendant costs our full attention rates are highest of preterm birth.” and resources. among African Special guest preOur moms desenters included American serve to have safe Kelle Moley M.D., and healthy pregwomen. senior vice president nancies.” chief scientific offiand Hassan led the recer of March of Dimes, search effort that develNereida Correa, M.D., board oped the findings at the member of the National Hispanic National Institutes of Health’s PerinaMedical Association and members of tology Research Branch, housed at Wayne State University. The research the Women’s Congressional Policy Inbranch’s role, specified by Congress, stitute’s board of directors. is to conduct research into ways to re-

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

LIFESTYLE

Page 7 October 24, 2019

Five tips to get your home winter-ready 5 feet from the house, which can help prevent melting snow from saturating the ground around the house and causing foundational damage.

Family Features

As the days get shorter and the weather turns chilly, it’s time to prepare your home for the winter months ahead. Because your home will likely require extra maintenance to keep it in shape throughout the winter, beginning preparations early can help lower energy bills, increase the efficiency and lifespan of your home’s components and make your property safer overall.

Consider these tips from the experts at the National Association of the Remodeling Industry to help ensure your home is ready before winter weather strikes.

Get your furnace checked To keep your furnace from failing when you need it most, get it inspected by a professional before you need to rely on it to heat your home in the dead of

Photo courtesy of Getty Images

winter. Regular tune ups can prolong your furnace’s life, help prevent carbon monoxide leaks and ensure your unit is working at maximum efficiency.

Seal windows and doors If replacing window screens with storm windows and installing a storm door on your house isn’t realistic, you can keep your home warmer and increase

energy efficiency by applying caulk to seal any gaps you find around window and door moldings and help keep heat from escaping. If any pipes or ducts travel through an exterior wall of your home, you can also use caulking and weather-stripping to help block potential entry points for cold air.

fallen and before the first snow, check to make sure your gutters are properly secured – replacing gutter spikes and downspout rivets where needed – and clear of debris. If your gutters are full of debris, it can lead to water backing up against the house and overflowing, which can cause potential damage to roofing and siding. Also adjust downspouts so they direct water at least

Prep the plumbing Undrained water in pipes can freeze, both indoors and out, which can cause pipes to burst as the ice expands.

Start by disconnecting hoses and shutting off exterior faucets, draining any water that remains in them and storing hoses indoors to prevent cracks. Drain any other pipes, valves or in-ground sprinklers that may be exposed to the elements and, for an extra layer of protection, wrap water spigots with covers to prevent damage.

Examine decks, patios Your patios, sidewalks, driveways and decks need occasional maintenance as well, and giving them a

once-over before colder weather hits can help ensure they’re prepared to stand up to the elements. Repairing any broken joints or cracks in stonework and applying sealer can prevent melted snow from getting in and freezing, which can create bigger problems. The same principles hold true for decks and wooden handrails. Though typically made from treated or rot-resistant wood, they are subject to splintering, decay or insect damage and may need to be stained and sealed periodically. Of course, if replacement is necessary, it’s best to complete the project before inclement weather hits.

Find more expert tips to get your home ready for winter at http://www.remodelingdoneright.com.

Four tips to prepare your tires for winter Family Features

Among the many daily necessities that tend to take a backseat during the cold days of winter, driving is one of a handful directly affected by the weather. From slick roads caused by ice and snow to cold temperatures that can wreak havoc on certain parts of vehicles, even a simple commute to work or school may become a more treacherous activity.

While staying home is the only surefire way to avoid the pitfalls brought on by winter’s chill, there are precautions you can take and ways you can enhance the safety and performance of your vehicle before hitting the road.

Perhaps the most productive way to protect yourself and your family is to make sure your tires are in a safe condition heading into winter. Consider these tips from the experts at Discount Tire

Check your gutters Once the leaves have

to help ensure you’re winter ready.

Check your tread Tread depth plays an important role in determining your vehicle’s safe stopping distance. A tire with low tread, for example, would likely lead to a vehicle with a shorter stopping distance than a tire with proper tread depth.

Checking your own tread depth is relatively simple: Stick a penny upside-down in one of the grooves, and if President Lincoln’s entire head is visible, it’s time to replace your tires.

Ensure proper pressure The air inside your tires supports the weight of your car, and as outdoor temperatures drop, so does your tire pressure. In fact, for every 10-degree drop in ambient temperature, your tires lose about 1 pound of pressure. Keep a tire

Photo courtesy of Getty Images

pressure gauge in your vehicle so you can always make sure each tire is filled to the manufacturer’s recommended inflation level – typically located in the instruction manual and on the inside of the driver-side door – or stop by a tire store, such as your local Discount Tire, for a free air check.

Rotate tires often Standard recommendation is that tires should be rotated every 6,000 miles, or earlier if irregular or uneven wear develops. One

easy way to remember is to have your tires rotated every other time you have your oil changed.

Invest in winter tires At 45 F ambient temperature, you can begin to see your breath; this same temperature is when allseason tires can start to lose traction and grip, which is why winter tires are encouraged for coldweather driving. As an essential safety feature, winter tires can deliver a 25-50% increase in traction over all-season tires, which could

be the margin you need to brake in time to avoid trouble.

Because they’re designed to maintain better traction and gripping capabilities in colder conditions, winter tires provide more control than all-season tires in situations involving snow, ice and low temperatures. For example, in extreme cold, the tread rubber of an all-season or summer tire can stiffen and become less able to provide sufficient traction. In contrast, tread rubber compounds of winter tires are designed to remain flexible, allowing the tire to better grip the road with thousands of extra traction edges. Plus, the softer rubber of the tire surface allows the tires to stay pliable and maintain contact with the road.

To find more information or the closest tire store as you prepare for winter travel, visit http://www.discounttire.com.

Page 8 October 24, 2019

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

Homeless,

Page 9 October 24, 2019

continued from Front Page

for Problem-Oriented Policing, a research institution at Arizona State University, has studied dozens of cases and identified recommendations for removing people from encampments, such as having a long-term homelessness plan and including homeless advocacy groups from the start. Michael Scott, the center’s director, said officials should justify removing people, document conditions and involve social service agencies.

“All of this takes a fair amount of planning and coordination, and local police should refuse to participate in anything that doesn’t include this higher planning and coordination with all these providers and legal council,” Scott said. “And there should be fair notice given to anyone: what is going to happen and when it is going to happen.”

In an Oct. 2 letter to Adler, Abbott warned that he would direct state agencies to “protect the health and safety” of Austinites, cited the Department of Public Safety’s authority to enforce criminal trespassing law, and mentioned Department of Health and Human Services’ authority to address disease outbreaks.

While the letter referenced “reports of violence, used needles and feces,” it does not mention an outbreak of any specific diseases.

Adler and city staff have pushed back on the notion that the city is experiencing a public health and safety crisis. But Adler welcomed state assistance Friday, mentioning that the city needs more help with mental health and substance abuse treatment, respite care, waste cleanup and rental payment assistance programs.

Data from the Austin Po-

A group of individuals seek shelter from the sun at a homeless camp along I30 before being evicted by the city. – File photo by Robyn H. Jimenez/The Dallas Examiner

lice Department indicates a 6% increase in violent crime and a 5% increase in property crime when comparing summer 2019 – after the camping ban was relaxed – with summer 2018.

“Those are all small numbers relative to what you would get a feel for if you’re only watching social media in the city,” Adler said, encouraging Texans to look at the numbers.

Austin police Chief Brian Manley presented the crime data comparing summer 2018 to summer 2019 at Thursday’s City Council meeting.

Manley reported a 15% increase in violent crime and a 20% increase in property crime where the suspect and victim were both homeless. In cases with a homeless suspect and a nonhomeless victim, violent crime increased by 11% and property crime by 2%.

And in cases with a homeless victim and a nonhomeless suspect, violent crime increased 19% and property crime increased 42%.

On Oct. 16, Manley said the city is facing a “public order” issue, not a public safety crisis, while noting that interactions between homeless and nonhomeless

people have increased since the June ordinance change.

Manley has suggested the city revert to the old ordinances while leaders work toward a tenable solution.

Stephanie Hayden, director of Austin Public Health, said in a council work session Oct. 15 that the city is not in the midst of a public health crisis, adding that she is not aware of any spread of communicable disease from the homeless population to the nonhomeless population since June.

The Austin Parks and Recreation Department also reported that it has not seen “a measurable increase” in feces, needles or garbage near encampments since June.

Juan Pablo Garnham contributed to this report.

Disclosure: Steve Adler, a former Texas Tribune board chairman, has been a financial supporter of the Tribune, a nonprofit, nonpartisan news organization that is funded in part by donations from members, foundations and corporate sponsors. Financial supporters play no role in the Tribune’s journalism.

Page 10 October 24, 2019 October 1-31 Amazon Hiring Event, a job fair to fill full-time positions starting at $15 an hour, weekdays, no walk-ins, must apply at https://amazon.force.com.

Now-Nov. 24 The Village Coop neighborhood market, with up to 35 vendors selling locally grown foods, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road.

For more information, contact Danielle Ayers at 972-228-5200.

Now-November A Shared Border exhibit on how the diverse cultural landscape of the Texas and Mexico borderland has caused cultures to blend and innovate, will be open from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m at the Dallas Historical Society, 3939 Grand Ave. For more information, visit www.dallashistory.org/exhibitions.

October

National Breast Cancer Awareness Month www.nbcam.com

Brain Injury Awareness Month www.biausa.org National Domestic Violence Awareness Month www.ncadv.org

National Hospice Month www.whitehouse.gov

24 Advocacy Workshop,

sponsored by Senior Source, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at Frazier House, 4600 Spring Ave. For more information and to register, visit www.zwhjcoc.org/classes.

24

African-Diaspora New Dialogues featuring poet and educator LillianYvonne Bertram, hosted

by WordSpace and the South Dallas Cultural Center, will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at South Dallas Cultural Center, 3400 S. Fitzhugh Ave. For more information, call 214-939-2787 or email sdccoca@yahoo.com.

25 Big Tex Job Fair, pre-

sented by the State Fair and Goodwill Industries of Dallas Inc., will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Briscoe Carpenter Livestock Center in Fair Park, 1403 Washington St. For more information, visit www.bigtex.com.

26

Senior Source Free Wills Clinic will be held from 9 a.m. to noon at Frazier House 4600 Spring Ave. For more information

CALENDAR COMMUNITY

ONGOING EVENTS

Now–March 1, 2020 The Kinsey Collection, a groundbreaking exhibit featuring 150-plus works of art, photos, documents and more, celebrating the achievements and contributions of Black Americans from 1595-today, will be open to the public at the African American Museum, 3536 Grand Ave. For more information, visit www.aamdallas.org.

Oct. 10 to March 22, 2020 Origins: Fossils From the Cradle of Humankind, an exhibit including fossils of two recently discovered ancient human relatives being brought to the U.S. for the first time from South Africa, will be open to the public at the Perot Museum of Nature and Science, 2201 N. Field St. For more information, visit www.perotmuseum.org.

and to register, call 214823-5700

26

The 45th Annual Festival, Harambee “Harambee! Keeping it Clean & Green,” with family activities including rock climbing, interactive games, a photo booth, art expos, live performances, health screenings and a job fair, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more information and to register, visit https://do214.com/events/ 2019/10/26/the-45th-annual-harambee-festival.

26

STEM in the Park, with face painting, Legos, candy, mini pumpkins, “guess the candy” stations with an educational component and cash prizes to kindergarten through college students with the most creative STEM-themed costume, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Cole Park, 4000 Cole Ave. For more information, contact Amanda Viola at amanda.viola@girlsintech.org.

Mondays-Wednesdays Sexually Transmitted Infection Testing/ Treatment for STIs, HIV, Hep C and other sexual infections, will be held from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at Prism Health Clinic, 4922 Spring Ave. For more information, call 214-421-7848.

Mondays, Wednesdays & Saturdays Sittercise, a low-impact class that can be done from your chair, is offered from 7:30 a.m. to 8:15 a.m. at Methodist Charlton Medical Center, 3500 W. Wheatland Road. For more information, call 214-947-7777.

1st, 2nd & 4th Tuesdays Free legal services will be available at 5 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Blvd. For more information, call 214-748-1234.

room, 3662 W Camp Wisdom Road. Guest speaker Chief Equity Officer Victor Obaseki will talk about plans to make Dallas a more equitable city. For more information, call Yolanda Miller at 214-670-0772.

26 & 27 Dallas Festival

of the Arts, a two-day outdoor local art and crafts event, will take place at Kidd Springs Park, 1003 Cedar Hill Ave. For more visit information, www.eventbrite.com.

27

Ladies First Vendor and Networking Event, an evening dedicated to all African American women in the DFW area, showcasing all female African American entrepreneurs and business owners, will be held from 4:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Duncanville Recreation Center, 201 James Collins Blvd., Duncanville. For more information, call 314-630-4465.

26 UNT Dallas Military,

Veteran and Family Resource Fair, sponsored by the University of North Texas at Dallas, where student veterans and their families have fun and connect with community partners, will take place from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 7300 University Hills Blvd.

There will be music, food trucks, children’s area, employers, local businesses and community resources.

For more information, visit www.eventbrite.com.

26

Monthly Breakfast Meeting, hosted by Councilman Casey Thomas, will begin at 10 a.m. at RedBird Mall in the community

1st & 3rd Tuesdays CitySquare’s Hospitality Program, a free 6week hospitality training program, will begin at 10 a.m. at CitySquare, 1610 S. Malcolm X Blvd. – Bldg. 100. For more information, contact Dana Branch at dbranch@citysquare.org or call 214-823-4409.

Tuesdays & Thursdays Free SkillQuest Career Readiness Classes will be held from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. For more information, call 214-879-9950 or email sgronstal@skillquestcareers.org.

Wednesdays The MLK Fresh Produce Distribution Center will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Com-

plified sound, will be held from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. in the parking lot of Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road.

For more information, contact Danielle Ayers at 972-228-5200.

26 Ladies Only License 27

to Carry Course will be held from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m .at Lethal Encounter, 200 N. Carrier Parkway, Set. 200, Grand Prairie. For more information and registration, visit www.lethalencounter.com.

Gospel Brunch will begin at noon at House of Blues, 2200 N. Lamar St. For more information, visit www.visitdallas.com.

28

Ensuring Your Final Wishes, a broad overview of critical decisions facing seniors as they age, including finances, health, housing, legal considerations and more, will begin at 10 a.m. at the Frazier House, 4600 Spring Ave. For more information and registration, call 214-823-5700.

29

YMCA Key Leaders Luncheon, with keynote speaker Mayor Eric Johnson in conversation with Curt Hazelbaker and Crayton Webb, will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Fairmont Hotel, 1717 N. Akard St. For more information and tickets, visit www.eventbrite.com.

30 Benefit Presentations, 27 A Taste of West Dal-

las, presented by WesleyRankin Community, with a VIP cocktail reception followed by a tasting of sips and savory bites from various chefs, restaurants and breweries in West Dallas, will begin at 6 p.m. at 3015 at Trinity Grove, 3015 Gulden Lane. For tickets and more information, call 214-742-6674.

27

The Village Coop, a neighborhood market including up to 35 vendors selling locally grown foods and goods and am-

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

with information about Medicare, enrollment and assistance with prescription drugs, food and heat/utilities, will be held from 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. at the Frazier House, 4500 Spring Ave. For more information and registration, call 214-823-5700.

31 Hallelujah Outing, a free and safe alternative to Halloween in a controlled environment. There will be a host of games, food, candy, entertainment, music and more from 6:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at 2020 W. Wheatland Road. For more information, visit www.friendshipwest.org.

munity Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - Bldg. A. For more information, call 214-708-2739 or visit www.dallasmlkcenter.com.

Wednesdays State Fair Job Assistance will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. in the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center Library, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - Bldg. C. For more information, call 214-708-2739 or visit www.dallasmlkcenter.com.

Wednesdays The MLK Fresh Produce Distribution Center will be open from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Martin Luther King Jr. Community Center, 2922 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. - Bldg. A. For more information, call 214708-2739 or visit www.dallasmlkcenter.com.

November National Adoption Awareness Month www.adoption.org

National Runaway Prevention Month www.1800runaway.org National Diabetes Month www.diabetes.org

Lung Cancer Awareness Month www.lungcancer.org

2 DeSoto VET Fest 5k by

City of DeSoto Arts Commission, a 5K that will end with live entertainment and vendor booths, will be held from 8 a.m. to noon at the DeSoto Outdoor Amphitheater 211 E. Pleasant Run Road, DeSoto. Veterans are invited to register to participate at no cost. For more information, contact Kathy Jones at 972-230-9648 or email k a t h y. j o n e s @ d e s o t o texas.gov.

2 Dallas Homeownership

Fair 2019, with information sessions critical to home buying experience, will be held from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. at DCCCD Bill J. Priest Institute for Economic Development, 1402 Corinth St. For more information, visit www.eventbrite.com.

3 “A Taste of Black Dal-

las,” catered to all Black restaurants, catering companies and chefs in the DFW area, will be held from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. at Duncanville Recreation Center, 201 James Collins Blvd., Duncanville. Free to the public, great music, games for children. For more information about being a food vendor, sponsorship or the event, contact Antoine White at 314-630-4465.

9 Freedmans Town Tour of

the Dallas Metroplex by Remembering Black Dallas Inc., a tour of significant local Freedman Towns that were created by force in 1865, will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the African American Museum, 3536 Grand Ave. For tickets and more information, visit www.eventbrite.com.

9 Zeta Delta Sigma Chap-

ter of Sigma Gamma Rho – Founders’ Day Hats Off 2019, a celebrating of 97 years of service and progress with fine dining, wine tasting and dancing the night away, will be held from 7 p.m. to 11 p.m. at the Manderley, 2010 N. Hampton Road #700, DeSoto. For more information, email zdsgrammateus@yahoo.com.

9 College and Career Festival, offering students information about higher education and pathways to 21st century careers, will be held from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Friendship-West Baptist Church, 2020 W. Wheatland Road. For more information, contact Rev. David McGruder at dmcgruder@friendshipwest.org or 972-228-5200.

12

“Trinity Talks: The Power of the Commons”

by Trinity Park Conservancy, a presentation and discussion with Lynn Ross about equity in the commons, will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Gatehouse, 1128 Reverend CBT Smith St. For more information, visit www.eventbrite.com.

Disclaimer: The Dallas Examiner makes every effort to accurately list all calendar events. However, The Dallas Examiner bears no responsibility for schedule changes and/or cancellations. Contact information on each event listing is provided for the public for confirmation and additional information.

Send your calendar events and a photo no less than two weeks before your event:

Email: calendar@dallasexaminer.com

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com

MISSING Caden Chavis

DOB: June 5, 2002 Missing Since: March 9, 2019 Age Now: 17 Sex: Male Race: Black Height: 5’6” Weight: 160 lbs Hair Color: Brown Eye Color: Brown Missing City: Houston NCMEC Number: 1352023

Anyone having information regarding this missing youth should call the Houston Police Department at 713-884-3131.

Every 40 seconds, a child is reported as "missing," according to several government and missing children's reports. And the number of missing African American children has increased from 25 percent to 33 percent.

This is not only a crisis for the families of the missing children, but for our community and our country.

The Dallas Examiner has made it its mission to post missing children in our community, as reported by the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children, each week.

Anyone having information regarding this child, should contact National Center for Missing & Exploited Children at 1-800-THE-LOST. For more information or to view more missing children in your area, visit www.missingkids.com.

CLASSIFIEDS Bids

Page 11 October 24, 2019

Real Estate

REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL #303-0-20675 TARRANT COUNTY

The Texas Facilities Commission seeks a lease of approx. 9,511 sq. ft. of office space in Tarrant County, TX for the Texas Department of Insurance-Division of Workers’ Compensation (TDI).

Proposal deadline is November 25, 2019. For details contact Evelyn Esquivel at (512) 4636494, Evelyn.Esquivel@tfc.state.tx.us, or go to http://www.txsmartbuy.com/sp/303-0-20675

INVITATION FOR BIDS IFB-2019-27

DHA, Housing Solutions for North Texas will receive sealed bids for the Replacement of Roofs at Edgar Ward Community and Administration Buildings, 3801-3901 Holystone Street, Dallas, Texas 75212 (Project # IFB-2019-27).

Bid documents including Plans and Specifications may be obtained from the Procurement Department at DHA’s HQ which is located on the 2nd floor at 3939 N. Hampton Road, Dallas, Texas 75212, or by calling 214/951-8429, beginning Wednesday, October 23, 2019. Office hours are from 8:00 a.m. to 5:30 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. on Friday.

A non-mandatory Pre-Bid Conference will be held on Wednesday, November 06, 2019 at 10:00 a.m. at Edgar Ward Community Building, 3801 Holystone Street, Dallas, Texas 75212.

Sealed Bids will be accepted until 4:00 P.M., on Thursday, November, 21, 2019 in the Procurement Department, on the 2nd floor at 3939 N. Hampton Road, Dallas, Texas 75212, at which time and place all sealed bids will be publicly opened and read aloud. All sealed bids must be received in the Procurement Department by the specified time. Any Sealed Bids received after 4:00 P.M., on Thursday, November 21, 2019 will be rejected.

DHA RESERVES THE RIGHT TO REJECT ANY AND ALL BIDS OR TO WAIVE ANY INFORMALITIES IN THE BIDDING. DHA WILL NOT DISCRIMINATE ON THE BASIS OF RACE, COLOR, NATIONAL ORIGIN, RELIGION, SEX, DISABILITY, FAMILIAL STATUS, OR AGE. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY.

Employment For Sale

Internships

Internship at The Dallas Examiner Internships are available throughout the year for students enrolled in journalism, writing or design classes. Applicants must be reliable. Hours are flexible. These are not paid positions but will allow students to gain practical, on-the-job experience.

Students interested must e-mail their resume and three writing or design samples.

Contact: rjimenez@dallasexaminer.com Subject Line: Internship

Internships at Shell As a Shell intern, you’ll benefit from regular and structured performance evaluation from your mentor and direct supervisor. You’ll also receive direct feedback to help you to enhance your strengths and build on any areas for development. Learn more at http://blackstudents.com.

Yes, we can

help with your advertising needs.

Call today!

214-941-3100

Scholarships

Texas Grant Program The Texas Legislature established the TEXAS – Towards EXcellence, Access and Success – Grant to make sure that well-prepared high school graduates with financial need could go to college. To receive a basic initial award through the TEXAS Grant Program, a student must be registered with Selective Service, or be exempt, demonstrate financial need, be classified by the institution as a Texas resident, have not been convicted of a felony or crime involving a controlled substance and be enrolled at least threequarter time as a Baccalaureate student who graduated from an accredited public or private high school in Texas, completed the Foundation, Recommended, or Distinguished Achievement high school program (or the equivalent) and, enrolled in an undergraduate degree or certificate program at an approved institution within 16 months from high school graduation.

Deadline: Varies Contact: Scholarship Committee Student Financial Aid Programs P.O. Box 12788 Austin, TX 78711-2788 888-311-8881

Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program The purpose of the Texas Educational Opportunity Grant Program is to provide grant aid to financially needy students enrolled in Texas public two-year colleges. To receive an initial award through the TEOG Program, a student must be registered with selective service, or be exempt; be classified by the institution as a Texas resident and be enrolled at least half-time.

Deadline: Varies Contact: Scholarship Committee Student Financial Aid Programs P.O. Box 12788 Austin, TX 78711-2788 888-311-8881 ABA Diversity Scholarship The Diversity Scholarship focuses on broadening the number of traditionally underrepresented groups in the management and operation ranks of the transportation, travel, and tourism industry.

Eligible candidates must have completed, at a minimum, their first year of college at an accredited university; must have a declared major or course of study relevant to the transportation, travel, and tourism industry; and must have a cumulative 3.0 GPA. Applicants are required to submit a 500-word essay discussing the role they hope to play in advancing the future of the transportation, motorcoach, travel, and tourism/hospitality industry. For more information or to apply, please visit the scholarship provider's website.

Deadline: varies Contact: American Bus Association 700 13th Street, NW Suite 575 Washington, DC 20005 800-283-2877 https://www.buses.org/?/aba-foundation/ scholarships/diversity

Cheryl D. Conkling Memorial Scholarship Battling the physical hardships of gamma globulin anemia and hearing loss, Cheryl Conkling loved and excelled in education and music, and graduated Summa Cum Laude. This scholarship is named in her honor to support students with hearing or other physical hardships who have demonstrated a love for education. It is only open to students who live and/or attend school in Windsor, Colorado; Conroe, Texas; Wilkinson County, Mississippi; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; or West Feliciana Parish in Louisiana. Students must be a high school senior enrolling in an accredited college or university in the fall when the scholarship is awarded.

Preference may be given to students with hearing or other physical impairments, students not receiving other substantial aid, and/or students in Louisiana.

Deadline: Varies Contact: Scholarship Committee 100 North Street, Suite 900 Baton Rouge, LA scholarships@braf.org 225-387-6126 www.scholarships.com

Children of Disabled or Deceased Public Servants Scholarship The Children of Disabled or Deceased Firemen, Peace Officers, Game Wardens, and Employees of Correctional Institutions Scholarship provide a benefit to the children of eligible persons who have been killed in the line of duty prior to September 1, 2000, or who have been disabled in the line of duty. Applicants must apply before their 21st birthday (age 22 if a participant in a special education program under section 29.003); must have had a parent who was a paid or volunteer fireman, paid municipal, county, or state peace officer, or a custodial employee of the Texas Department of Corrections, or a game warden and be the child of a parent who suffered an injury, resulting in disability or death, sustained in the line of duty. Applicants must also enroll in classes for which the college receives tax support (i.e. a course that does not depend solely on student tuition and fees to cover its costs). A person may receive an exemption from the payment of tuition and fees only for the first 120 undergraduate semester credit hours for which he or she registers or age 26, whichever comes first.

Must attend a public Texas college/university.

Deadline: Varies Contact: Scholarship Committee Student Financial Aid Programs P.O. Box 12788 Austin, TX 78711-2788 888-311-8881

Advertise your Classified Ads today! Call 214-941-3100

Page 12 October 24, 2019

The Dallas Examiner www.dallasexaminer.com