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MY TRUTH

by Cheryl Smith, Publisher

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Get to know YOU 40 years ago. Seems like an entire lifetime. And it was. The great thing is that I am still around to enjoy memories and people from that era. I’m older, yet wiser, I believe.

This week I travel back in time, to a time when a lot was going and I thought I knew what I was doing and what I was really about.

The year was 1978.

In my world, we were one nation under a groove.

We were getting down for the funk of it. I was three times a lady, could boogie boogie boogie with the best, loved the nightlife because I had night fever and I had to have that last dance on the

Quit Playin’

By Vincent L. Hall

“As a black American, it is a high-tech lynching for uppity blacks who in any...

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OUR HISTORY

Getting serious about Sickle Cell Disease

Chairman of the Kier’s Hope Foundation, Kier “Junior” Spates, lends voice to awareness efforts

Kier Spates

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HBCU LOVE - PRAIRIE VIEW A&M UNIVERSITY WON THE GAME 22-16. THE NOD GOES TO GRAMBLING STATE UNIVERSITY IN THE BATTLE OF THE BANDS AT THE STATE FAIR CLASSIC. SEE HIGHIGHTS AT WWW.TEXASMETRONEWS.COM

Botham Jean killed by an off-duty police officer, was remembered on his birthday, September 29, 2018 at Dallas’ St. Paul United Methodist Church.

Son, Brother, Friend, Comedian are a few words to describe the man with the infectious smile known as Kier” Junior” Spates. He’s also a survivor, warrior, humble and one aspiring to greatness! When you hear him on the radio providing comic relief, EVERY MORNING on the Nationally Syndicated “Steve Harvey Morning Show”, listeners would never know the pain he’s feeling. He’s a Sickle Cell CHAMPION. Kier Spates, living life with Sickle Cell Disease!

Kier founded Kier’s Hope Foundation, Incorporated to not only inspire and educate families affected by Sickle Cell disease by his example, but by providing education, programs, and services, and funding resources. His message to the 150,000 Americans who live with Sickle Cell Disease, and the three million who See KIER, page 3

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The Remarkable Courage of Dr. Ford From the Capitol

By Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson

Millions of people throughout the nation and the world sat in resolute silence as Dr. Christine Blasey Ford, a highly trained researched psychologist at two of our nation’s top universities, painfully shared her story recently of how she was sexually assaulted three decades earlier in a home located approximately 30 minutes away from the Senate chamber

where she found herself. When asked she said that she was ‘one hundred percent’ certain about the identities of those who attacked her.

During the more than three hours that she testified not a single word she uttered was contradicted. She was courageously noble, and she was more than believable.

It was an unusually awkward mo-

ment on Capitol Hill. The male Senators on the panel that supported the nomination of the man whom Dr. Ford described as her principal attacker were frightened to question her. Instead they outscored their roles to a female lawyer. Any and all attempts to find holes in Dr. Ford’s testimony were resoundingly unsuccessful.

Dr. Ford’s experience with the Senate panel was unlike that of Professor Anita Hill’s who after making her own allegations against a Supreme Court nominee, found herself ridiculed by many male members of the same committee who questioned her veracity, and suggested that she had imagined the incidents that she described.

Like Professor Hill, who testified that a Su-

Brett Kavanaugh preme Court nominee had made unwarranted sexual advances, Dr. Ford was steady and unflinching during her testimony. Not once did she lose her composure or express outrage towards those who doubted her. Her demeanor was in sharp contrast to T:5” that displayed by the man she accused

when it came time for him to testify.

It would have been easy for Dr. Ford to have remained silent about the incident and to have avoided the rampant press coverage, the personal ridicule and the awful abuse directed towards her family which forced them to flee their home and go into hiding. No doubt, she knew that her life would never be the same when she agreed to testify before a world audience.

People of good conscience and character owe Dr. Ford a tremendous debt of gratitude for sharing her horrifically distasteful experience and its resulting pain, which she has endured for decades. A less courageous person would have remained unheard and suffered in silence as victims often do.

Eddie Bernice Johnson currently represents Texas’s 30th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives.

Serving as a representative since 1993, when she was the first registered nurse elected to Congress.

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Kier’s Hope Foundation, continued from front page carry the trait, “You are not alone in this fight. Kier’s Hope is here for your support. We are all bound by blood.

This year, the foundation hosted it’s first 5K Fun Run for Sickle Cell at the Margaret Hunt Hill Bridge in Dallas, Texas. It was an AWESOME SUCCESS! Together we are Working to Change the Shape of Sickle Cell Disease.”

Junior is said to be “the next big thing in stand-up comedy.” This 2018 EMMY NOMINATED WRITER, Junior a native of Houston, Texas, where he considers Dallas his second home, and has traveled the globe with legendary talents such as: the Queen of Soul, the late Aretha Franklin, Frankie Beverly and Maze, Anita Baker, and more.

In 2005, he toured as one of the pri-

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mary acts on the “Rickey Smiley and Friends Show.” Additionally, Junior has gone on military / United Service Organizations (USO) tours and visited college campuses.

As an actor, Junior has had many onscreen television appearances. Also, he has traveled with several popular stage plays, including “Confessions” that starred the late Gerald Levert, Kelly Price, and Tommy Ford.

Junior is truly a force to be reckoned with. His motto to date is unforgettable.

So when you think of this up and coming, stand up comedic great, please remember his belief that laughter doeth the heart good like medicine.

And in the words of Junior: “This Just Got Serious”

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By Vincent L. Hall “As a black American, it is a hightech lynching for uppity blacks who in any way deign to think for themselves, to do for themselves, to have different ideas, and it is a message that unless you kowtow to an old order, this is what will happen to you.

You will be lynched, destroyed, caricatured by a committee of the U.S. Senate rather than hung from a tree.� – Clarence Thomas Uncle Thomas read this lie under the white-hot lights of the Senate Judiciary trying room. Thomas returned to his home in an otherwise White neighborhood, bought for him by affirmative action entrances into the best white schools. His feet, would eventually rest next to his wife, who like his former wife looked nothing like the woman he once sexually harassed.

Watching Brett Kavanaugh’s prepubescent and petulant behavior evoked

memories of Clarence Thomas. The trill tirades, the role-reversing portrayal as the victim and the contemporaneous temper tantrums, were all by design and all patently copied from Thomas’ “uppity black� attack.

Kavanaugh’s whiny and quarrelsome grumblings uncovered my one and only true sin. If I go to hell tonight, you can rest assured it’s because I hate Clarence Thomas. One of us is destined to burn in hell. It will either be me for hating him or him for hating himself and the lineage that spawned his restless soul.

There is no way I could justify all

of my reasons for despising Clarence Thomas in 600 words. My general angst is anchored in Thomas’ inability to confront racism and discrimination.

Thomas is the proud product of affirmative action who works hard to deny those same benefits to anyone else of color. He’s a hypocrite armed with a grudge and a gavel!

But for you newcomers, let me point you to the moment where I began to loathe this languishing lump of legalized lasciviousness. It was a 1981 article that appeared in the Chicago Tribune.

During his barnstorming days as a Black Republican, Thomas constantly

pointed to his “sister on welfare� as an example of the “problem� with Black folk. ‘’She gets mad when the mailman is late with her welfare check. That`s how dependent she is. What`s worse is that now her kids feel entitled to the check too. They have no motivation for doing better or getting out of that situation.’’ Thomas depicted his own blood sister as the fabled ‘’welfare queen’’ that got Ronald Reagan elected. However, and according to the Tribune, Thomas` story was mostly a lie.

Emma Mae Martin lived in a “beatup� frame house with a hole in the roof in Pin Point, Ga., a few steps from where she and her two younger brothers were born. Like her own father, the father of her children had abandoned her.

When located, Emma was working two minimum wage jobs in order to support her family. She had received $169 a month for a five year period because she quit work to become caretaker to their aunt who suffered a stroke, but now she worked as a hospital cook and reported daily and faithfully at 3:00 a.m. She bore no animosity against her brother. “What about her children, who Thomas said were being indoctrinated into cycles of welfare dependency?

As it turns out, Mark, 22, works as a carpenter. Christine, 20, recently was laid off from a bakery. Leola, 15, is still a student. Emma’s oldest boy, Clarence, (named for his miscreant uncle) served aboard the battleship Wisconsin during Operation Desert Storm.�

Character matters. Clarence Thomas’ 27 years as water-boy and step-andfetch-it for Conservatives and Evangelicals has proven that he lacks the same.

He has been on the wrong side of civil and human rights in every major case before him.

He was resurrected by the Right after his lynching and he’s been “kowtowing� ever since.

Brett insulted the court even more than Uncle Thomas. Promote him?

Hell 2da Kava-Naw-Naw-Naw! Vincent L. Hall is an author, activist and award-winning journalist.

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Our nation’s racist patriarchy

Our nation, these United States, are founded on the principles of racism

The Last Word and patriarchy. They are reflected in our very constitution, where enslaved persons were counted as a fraction of a person, and only men of property were allowed the right to vote. The filthy inequality at the foundation of this nation has now bubbled up and boiled over, now polluting every aspect of our lives.

Patriarchy places men at the center of life, and women at the periphery. It suggests that women do not matter.

It allows for the subjugation of women when they attempt to enter public spaces that have previously been earmarked as “male” spaces. Thus, there were no restrooms for women legislators in the US House or Senate, even as women entered those spaces. They

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Jimmy Carter was the President.

Actually Democrats were running things: the Speaker of the House of Representatives was Tip O'Neill (D-Massachusetts) and the Senate Majority Leader was Robert Byrd (D-West Virginia). As far as governors, my home state, New Jersey had Democrat Brendan Byrne; my parents home state of Florida had Democrat Reuben Askew and my future home state Texas had Democrat Dolph Briscoe; and yes, Alabama had George Wallace!

It was a scary time as serial killer Ted Bundy is captured in Pensacola, Florida and The Hillside Strangler, a serial killer prowling Los Angeles, claimed a 10th victim.

Pete Rose of the Cincinnati Reds got his 3,000th major league hit. Yes, I was a fan and we can discuss the Hall

were only created when women demanded them. Of course, restrooms are just a minor manifestation of the hegemonic patriarchy that rules our nation.

A great picture of our nation’s racist patriarchy was the visual of doughy and dissipated white men interrogating the amazingly composed Anita Hill as she reviewed her experiences with now Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas. Though Hill was persuasive, she was attacked in the vilest of terms, accused of nonsense like “erotomania," and even recently harassed by Thomas' unhinged spouse who was still seeking apology after two decades. Note to Thomas, take the phone from your wife when her meds are not working.

In any case, Thomas is on the Supreme Court because white men chose to disregard the word of a Black woman, a decision that then-Senator Joe Biden says he now regrets. Thomas was confirmed by the narrowest margin in history 52-48.

Here we go again. By the time this is published the matter of 45’s Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh is resolved, but the issue of pernicious patriarchy will not be. Regarding Kavanaugh, he has been accused by

Dr. Christine Blasey Ford of sexual assault more than 35 years ago, when both were teens. She disclosed her accusations in a letter that California Senator Dianne Feinstein received in July, but did not share with the FBI until later, mainly because Ford asked for confidentiality. Ford has requested that the FBI investigate her assertions, and the Senate Judiciary committee is still fast-tracking the Kavanaugh vote. The outcome, while necessary, is not the bottom line. The issue is the way that racist patriarchy makes some offensive and illegal behavior acceptable.

Privileged white male culture allows and encourages excessive drinking and obnoxious behavior toward women. It is excused because "boys will be boys."

But what boys? Black boys, even accused of “reckless eyeballing”, are fair game for lynching! White boys on rampages are excused for assault, rape, and attempted rape. Can I call the name of Recy Taylor, the young Black woman who was walking home from church and raped by a gaggle of white men who thought her body their right? Can I remind us of the Texas gubernatorial candidate, Clayton Williams, who said that if rape was inev-

itable, a woman should "lay back and enjoy it”? Ann Richards beat him, but that wasn't quite the point. The point was that some man thought that rape was inevitable enough to "enjoy."

Privileged white male culture allows a man who should not have been elected President to denigrate women on a regular basis. We are "fat" "dogs" and "liars." He bragged about grabbing women's genitals, and our society is so poached in pernicious patriarchy that 52 percent of all women still voted for him. They thought he was joking because, for too many women, patriarchy has so seeped into our consciousness that the abuse of women is a joke. If we women were honest, we would say that we have all cosigned patriarchy in the interest of keeping it moving. We have deflected the sexist comments that come our way, even as we cringe from them. We smile at men that we abhor because they may have decision making power in their hands.

We dress up or dress down depending on the occasion and the way we have to play the game. We know the system is slanted against us, we know we still have to play, and we decide when we choose to blow the whistle, a whistle we could blow every single day. #Me-

Too is the tip of the iceberg because it fails to deal with race systematically, but also because it manages the evident and personal, not the institutional.

In addition to being #MeToo women, we are mothers, sisters, daughters, and wives (hello Julie Chen Moonves), so some of us want to justify patriarchy for “our” men. Our sons, husbands, cousins, brothers “didn’t mean it” and could not be that bad. Wake up call -- if they violated a woman, they were THAT bad. If they raped a Black woman and you turned away from the accusation, you are wrong, you are horribly and complicity wrong.

Tearing down the walls of pernicious patriarchy means attacking the very foundation of our nation. When we attack patriarchy, we also attack the racism that is also part of our foundation.

Many have lined up to support Dr. Christine Blasey Ford. How many are equally willing to attack the pernicious racist patriarchial roots of our nation?

of Fame debate!

The New York Yankees clinched their 22nd World Series championship, defeating the Dodgers 7–2 in Los Angeles and winning the Series 4 games to 2.

Meanwhile, there was the mass murder/suicide of 909 Americans in Jonestown, Guyana under the direction of Jim Jones.

Dianne Feinstein succeeded the murdered George Moscone as San Francisco, California's first woman mayor; Larry Doby became manager of the Chicago White Sox; Leon Spinks defeated Muhammad Ali for heavyweight boxing championship (I won’t say a thing here); Max Robinson is the first Black man to anchor network news; NASA names Black astronauts: Maj. Frederick D. Gregory, Maj. Guion S. Bluford, and Dr. Ronald McNair; there was Bob Marley’s famous “One Love" concert; and the first stamp of the U.S. Postal Service's Black Heritage USA series honors Harriet Tubman, famed abolitionist and "conductor" on the Underground Railroad Among the many births were: Tia

and Tamera Mowry, Zoe Saldana, Foxy Brown, Kobe Bryant, Keenan and Kel, Anthony Mackie, Usher, John Legend, Katie Holmes. Those transitioning included Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey, composer William Grant Still, Painter Norman Rockwall, activist Harvey Milk, General Daniel “Chappie” James and Kenyan President Jomo Kenyatta.

On the campus of Florida A&M University was really where the world began and ended for me.

Which brings me to my truth.

The Fearless Fang Gang under head coach Rudy Hubbard amassed an 11-0 record, making college football history by becoming the first team to win the newly-established Division I-AA (now Football Championship Subdivision or FCS) national championship.

Dr. Walter Smith was the president of FAMU. There were quite a few high points.

Just ask Vaughn Wilson, who told the Tallahassee Democrat, "Clemon Johnson (later went on to enjoy a career in the NBA) was here. We won the SIAC

and played in the national basketball tournament. The baseball team beat the University of Miami when they were the No. 1 team in the country.”

On campus, I was involved in a number of activities. I was on the FAMUAN Newspaper and Rattler yearbook staffs, statistician for the Rattler men’s basketball team, and I even played on the girls’ softball team.

In 1978, I became one of the 34 Elusive Ladies initiated into the Beta Alpha Chapter of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

I didn't have a boyfriend, but I was cool. I was living in the moment.

Or at least I thought I was.

And that was my message to my students at El Centro College recently as I encouraged them to fall in love with themselves.

I laughed when I saw the picture accompanying this article, and I actually wanted to strangle Micheal Gilliam, who worked on the yearbook staff with me. He came across pictures from back in the day and decided to share on social media. So there I stood, looking like I knew all the

answers. Looking back, I know that I didn’t even know the questions!

I told my students to get to know themselves. No matter how busy you are, spend time with YOU, and your thoughts. Listen and learn. Don’t think you know everything. Find a mentor and then, become one.

Fortunately there were some people like the two sisters Patricia and Willie Mae, from Defuniak Springs, FL.; the beautiful wife of Marching 100 band director Dr. William P. Foster, Ann; roommate Ruby Angela Sheffield from Opalocka, FL, and numerous others, including my DST big sisters and line sisters; who helped me in the growth process.

Don’t tell me you are grown. Actually you are always “growing,” or “evolving.” And change is good. We are a work in progress.

We have to take the good and bad to become better.

And FAMU prepared me to be the best!

Are you prepared?

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Bud Light Stage Concerts at State Fair of Texas Fair 3921 MLK Jr. Blvd, 2pm-8:30. Daily until 10-21-18.

1949 Radio station WERD opened in Atlanta, GA. It was the first Black owned radio-station

Throw Back Thursday Movie: Abbott & Costello Meet Frankenstein at Zula B. Wylie Library 225 Cedar St. Cedar Hill. 6pm-8pm.

Chubby Checker singer DOB 1941

Dallasites 101 Presents Home Buyer Series: Bishop Arts at Tiny Victories 604 N. Tyler St. 6pm-8 Free with RSVP. dallasites101Homebuyerseries.com

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After Work Experience Wednesdays at The Island Spot Restaurant 309 W. Jefferson Blvd. 4pm-9.

Dazz & Brie Hosts Cure for Paranoia with DJ Still Do at Deep Ellum Art Co. 3200 Commerce St. Dallas

Dance Africa features Step Afrika! At Moody Performance Hall 2520 Flora St. Dallas 7:30pm

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Kim Whitley Meet & Greet and Book Signing “Delusions of Cinderella” Host: Delta Sigma Theta Sorority Southwest Dallas County Alumnae at Zula B. Wylie Library 225 Cedar St. Cedar Hill 7-8pm.

Fiesta De Los Taberna’culos Host: Ministerio Lirios Del Valle Dallas at Cedar Hill State Park-Texas Parks & Wildlife 1570 FM-1382 W. 10am each day.

October 5-7 Blackpreneur Festival Hosted by: Blackpreneur Magazine 711 W. Canty, Dallas Fri. 2pm, Sat. 11am, Sun. 11am Free.

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1964 The New Orleans Tribune 1st Daily Black newspaper, published in English & French

2001 Barry Bonds set a new home run record (72) and later that season he would hit his 73rd home run.

Paul Quinn Farmers Market Thursdays at Paul Quinn College 3837 Simpson Stuart Rd. Dallas 3pm

Neil de Grasse Tyson- scientist DOB 1958

State Representative Yvonne Davis Hosts: District 111 Family Feud @ Edison’s 1724 Cockrell, Dallas.

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Thursday’s at Vinetti’s “Paul Cannon and Full Attention” 14833 Midway Rd. Suite 105 Addison 5pm12am Recurring Event until 12-21-18

Salt ‘N’ Pepa at Lava Cantina 5805 Grandscape Blvd. The Colony 7pm10pm Tickets: ticketfly.com Community Night out at Kiest Park Complex 3040 S. Hampton Rd. Dallas. Games, Music, Food & Fun. 6pm. For more info: DallasYouthSports.org

63rd Homecoming, Musical & Gospel Meeting at Eastside Church of Christ at First Street 2000 1st St. Garland 5pm-8:30. Bro. Ben Foster Sr Minister

October 6 A Philip Randolph a labor civil rights leader became Vice-Pres. of AFL-CIO in 1955.

A Taste of Nigeria ‘5th Edition’ 2625 W. Pioneer Pkwy, Grand Prairie 12pm-6pm Tickets: www. atasteofnigeria.com

Sister to Sister Fitness Festival Featuring Kim Whitley Host Alan E. Sims Cedar Hill Recreation Center at 310 Parkerville Rd. 8am-12 Tickets: www.sistertosister5k. itsyourrace.com Mo Par Gladiators Car Show at Gas Monkey Live 10110 Technology Blvd. 11am-5pm The State and The State of Education Hosted by Coffee and Politics 101 & African American Museum at Warren United Methodist Church 3028 S. Malcolm X Blvd. Dallas 10am-11am Plano Food and Wine festival at Shops at Willow Bend 6121 W. Park Blvd. 12p-4. Tickets: Eventbrite.

Mental Health Symposium to Focus on the Impact of Childhood Trauma at St. Luke Community United Methodist Church 5710 E. R.L.Thornton Fwy. Dallas. 7:30 am-4pm. Lunch available for $5. Preregister: Slcumc - 2018 Mental Health Symposium

October 7 Elijah Muhammad leader of Nation of Islamin the West born 1897 in Sanderville, GA.

Willow Grove Baptist Church is proud to offer Grief Counseling in partnership with Grief Share. 10/712/30/18, WGBC will host weekly classes every Sunday evening from 5:30 to 7:00 p.m. at 1222 W. Kiest Blvd., Dallas. For more info: Kim Fincher at 214-371-7325 or email: sisfincherWGBC@att.net.

Dallas Fort Worth Metroplex Chapters of AKA’s Community Conversation & Connections at Paul Quinn College 3837 Simpson Stuart Rd. Dallas 3pm-6. For info: Katrina Woodson 817-793-0640 or Karen Wright-Williams 469-358-8636

The Epitomes Magazine Hosts Still Standing 7th Annual Red Carpet Gala &Award Ceremony at Irving Convention Center Las Colinas 500 Las Colinas Blvd. Irving Red Carpet 4pm Show 6pm Tickets: www.epitomemagazine.org Food for Soul Dallas Presents: Hamiltones Hosted by: Food for the Soul Experience L.L.C. at Southside Music Hall 1135 S. Lamar St. Dallas 8pm.Tickets: www.eventbrite.com

At &T Red River Showdown University of Texas vs.

University of Oklahoma at State Fair of Texas Cotton Bowl Stadium 3750 The Midway 11am.

Fajita Fest at Traders Village 2602 Mayfield Rd. Grand Prairie Sat. & Sun. 11am-5pm.

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NAACP State Convention 81st Anniversary McKinney at Sheraton Hotel 1900 Gateway Blvd Times vary each day.

Congresswoman Eddie Bernice Johnson’s 26th Annual Community Appreciation Day at Lancaster Recreation Center 1700 Veterans Memorial Pkwy.

10am-1pm. Free Great Music, Food & Drinks, Kid’s Activities, Live Performances, Health Screenings, Giveaways and more.

October 6-7 Cottonwood Art Festival at Cottonwood Art Fest.1321 W. Belt Line Rd. Richardson 10am-5.

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Latino Cultural Center presents: Travel To Brasil Show 2600 Live Oak St. Dallas Friday 6pm, Saturday 10am Free Maculele-Dance-Brazilian Culture.

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Family Fun Night Hispanic Heritage Celebration Movie CoCo for the whole family at Zula B. Wylie Library Cedar Hill 6pm.

The Poetry Give Back for Domestic Violence Awareness Month at Sankofa Kitchen 3333 W. Camp Wisdom Rd. #118 Dallas 8pm-11

Loop in Downtown Fort Worth Art Exhibit at Burnett Park 501 W. 7th St. 8am-10pm Dates 9-28-10-282018 more info: dfw.org/about/our-events/Loop

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Elite News Presents: WOW Women of Wisdom 5th Annual Gala. At the Dallas Arboretum 8525 Garland Rd. Dallas at Noon.

Freedom- A George Michael Legacy at Lava Cantina 5805 Grandscape Blvd. The Colony. 8pm. Tickets: ticketfly.com Richardson Farmers Market Hosted by: Four Seasons Markets at Dal-Rich Towne Square 101 Coit Rd. 9am-1pm

October 8 Columbus Day Jessie Jackson clergyman & civil rights leader born in Greenville, NC. in 1941 CeCe Winans- gospel singer DOB 1964

DFW Kid’s Directory Fall Festival with The Dallas Farmers Market 920 S. Harwood 9am-2pm Tickets: eventbrite.ticketsplace.com

Rep. Eric Johnson Annual Birthday Reception- Kick Off: TX/OU Weekend at Mattito’s Tex-Mex 3102 Oak Lawn Ave. Dallas 11:30am-1pm. RSVP: www. johnsonfortexas.com

Duncanville Football vs. Dallas Skyline High School at Forester Athletic Stadium 7:30pm

Yes Summit 2018 Hosted by: Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority Inc. XI Theta Omega Chapter. An all-day Conference for students in 6-12 grades. At E.H. Hereford Center UT Arlington 300 W. 1st St. 9:30-am-2:30pm.

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The Toine’ Experience in Dallas at Checkered Past Winery 1409 S. Lamar St. Suite # 008. 8:30pm

2018 Jazz Series- Michael Lington & Gregg Manning at Bishop Arts 215 S. Tyler St. Dallas 7pm.

Art Club For Teens Hosted by: Grand Prairie Libraries 901 Conover Dr. Club meets at the Main Library, 5-5:45 p.m. Topic: Drawing Techniques.

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Guy Toliver named Parkland Director of Inclusion - Supplier Diversity

Guy Toliver, JD, has joined Parkland Health & Hospital System as Director of Inclusion - Supplier Diversity.

In his role, Toliver will oversee pro-

grams, services and initiatives designed to enhance the diversity of Parkland’s workforce, vendor community and participation in civic and community organizations. He also will serve as a liaison and develop partnerships within the community to promote diversity and inclusion within the health system.

“We are excited to have Guy join Parkland’s Office of Talent Management. His background and experience in the areas of diversity and contracting will help guide us as we continue to enhance our supplier diversity program,” said Corey Jackson, JD, SPHR, CCP, Parkland’s Executive Vice President and Chief Talent Officer.

“Parkland recognizes diversity and cultural competency are key elements in our region’s ever-changing landscape. Guy’s involvement in these areas will be important to Parkland’s success in achieving our strategic diversity goals.”

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since 2013, he served as Business Development Manager. There, he reviewed joint venture agreement contracts for federal regulatory compliance, set Airport Concessions Disadvantage Business Enterprise (ACDBE) goals for airport retail, food and beverage and passenger services concessions, and managed a federal program that supported $400 million in concessions revenue annually.

From 2009-2013, he served as Business Specialist at the airport and was responsible for setting DSMWBE goals for various solicitations in numerous departments for the $241 million professional services, non-professional services and goods and services program. He was also responsible for business diversity and development service for multiple departments including operations, administration and diversity, ITS, public affairs, revenue management, audit services and air service development.

Prior to that, Toliver served as Project Manager for Member’s Building Maintenance, Ltd., where he was responsible for the custodial and landscaping services contract totaling more than $24 million at DFW International Airport’s Terminal D. Toliver holds a Juris Doctorate of Law from the University of Oklahoma. He earned his Bachelor of Science in Accounting Control Systems from the University of North Texas.

Additionally, he is the chair of the Dallas/Fort Worth Minority Supplier Development Council Professional Working Group, and previously was a board member of the Dallas Black Contractors Association and the Greater Southwest Black Chamber of Commerce.

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Spiritual and Crystal Adviser

Mother-InLaw for life

Dear Alma,

FEATURED STAR: LIBRA – The Scales – 09/23 – 10/22 Even though giver and receivers are separated, they can be very much alike.

Inspiration/Influence – Relieving pain is it’s own reward.

Your Chosen Healing Stone *MOONSTONE* Connect with divine feminine. Good for inner growth and strength.

Lucky Numbers – 25.42.33.12.02.18

SCORPIO – The Scorpion – 10/23 – 11/21 On the brink of a “war”? You may have a very small chance of victory.

SAGITARIUS – The Archer – 11/22 – 12/21 Charge at it, and face your challenges!

CAPRICORN – The Goat – 12/22 – 01/19 What you seek is available. Are you willing to put in the work it takes for it?

AQUARIUS – The Water Carrier – 01/20 – 02/18 A “soulmate” IS that. Know the soul, and get over the “packaging”.

PISCES – The Fish – 02/19 – 03/20 Resting is much needed, but don’t rest too long, must keep moving.

ARIES - The RAM - 03/21 - 04/19 We somehow learn from “The one that got away”; the heart tugs hard these days.

TAURUS – THE BULL – 04/20 - 05/20 Not all things will go your way, learn to compromise or just go with the flow.

GEMINI – The Twins - 05/21 – 06/20 Growing up is hard to do, stay true to you.

CANCER – The Crab – 06/21 – 07/22 Spreading your current mood like “wildfire” is not the best decision.

LEO – The Lion – 07/23 – 08/22 Put those “pieces” back together, be your own hero!

VIRGO – The Virgin – 08/23 – 09/22 Happiness comes from within, share that energy with others.

Daily Oracle Reading: Ask and it is given: You are not supposed to understand the “crazy” ones. ^_^

Guide Your Light Right

Mother Earth is going through transformations, frequency changes, an “Upgrade” a “Makeover”, causing human energies to shift into higher consciousness awareness, this can be intense, and at times, a hurtful experience to the unprepared humanity.

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I was married for 12 years. I raised our son and his twin daughters from his first marriage.

When we separated and divorced I was heartbroken. But all the children remained with me.

They are adults now, all finished college, married with children and living wonderful lives of their own. I’ve never remarried. Recently after all these years my ex-husband married a very young woman. It works well for the local political life that he lives.

He has a high-ranking position with the city and is constantly busy and on the go.

Because of his career, I’ve always remained close to his mother, who is in her late 80’s, a widow, who raised her only son and everyone else on the block.

She’s the nicest woman you could ever meet and has helped single mothers in our area with childcare for years. I lost my mother when I was young, so I’ve really enjoyed the bond that we share.

She recently told me that, “I’ll always be her daughter-in-law (DIL) no matter

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by Alma Gill what.”

I’ve always shopped, cooked her meals and taken her to her doctor appointments, but I understand this has to stop.

My ex and his new wife should take care of her now, although I don’t see that happening.

My problem is, now that my ex is remarried, I want to step out of the way when it comes to my mother-in-law (MIL). How do I get them to recognize their responsibility to step up and start taking care of his mother?

— Robin Dear Robin, I hear you Robin, but I don’t believe you. You don’t wanna let go, nor should you.

You love your MIL like you would your birth mother, and that’s fantastic. What a blessing you two are for one another.

Sadly, your marriage didn’t last but your obligation to family remains unmovable.

Maintaining your role as a stepmother and DIL was not an easy task, I’m sure.

There’s a reason you did and it’s bigger

than you and your ex-husband..

Listen, the truth of the matter is the new DIL is not interested in caring for her MIL or she would have stepped up or paid someone to do it by now. In the same breathe, your ex couldn’t find his mother in the forest for the trees and that ain’t gonna change any time soon.

When and if your ex and his new misses want to make a change, they’ll let you know. I’m sure both don’t find it broken, so there’s no need to fix it, at least not for now.

Not to mention, your MIL probably wouldn’t welcome the change anyways.

That’s why she told you your role, in her heart, will remain the same.

I say, continue to be her caregiver. I know this isn’t ideal, but it’s doable. Do it out of love for family, not as a favor to your ex.

Your MIL is in her 80’s, commit to loving her delightfully for the rest of her days.

I promise you, your heart will be glad you did.

— Alma

Alma Gill’s newsroom experience spans more than 25 years, including various roles at USA Today, Newsday and the Washington Post.

Email questions to: alwaysaskalma@gmail.com. Follow her on Facebook at “Ask Alma” and twitter @almaaskalma.

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Hollywood Hernandez Live

By Hollywood Hernandez Read more and win tickets at www.hollywoodhernandezlive.com

Night School NIGHT SCHOOL is a new comedy directed by Malcolm D. Lee, who directed last summer’s huge box office hit GIRLS TRIP. Lee, who also directed the BEST MAN series, is known for his romantic comedies with a heart.

In NIGHT SCHOOL he teams up again with Tiffany Haddish and, with the addition of Kevin Hart, you have the perfect comedy with a heart. There are plenty of laughs with a few heart tugs mixed in.

In NIGHT SCHOOL Hart plays a serious academic underachiever who quits high school and makes a very successful career for himself

selling BBQ grills, that is until he accidentally blows up his place of business while proposing to his supermodel looking girlfriend.

Without a high paying job he quickly goes from driving a Mercedes to riding the bus. He also finds himself unemployable without his high school diploma, so he goes back to his old high school and enrolls in night school class to get his GED. Haddish plays Carrie the night school teacher, who’s just teaching the class to make a few extra dollars for her living expenses but, who really cares about her class of

misfits achieving. The class, led by Hart, steals the test results to their first exam causing their teacher to threaten them with expulsion and giving them one last chance to commit themselves to learn.

She also forces Hart to get tested and finds out he has some serious learning disabilities. She uses several methods to teach Hart to focus, such as kicking his butt in kickboxing classes.

The supporting cast features well-known character actors such as Rob Riggle and Romany Malco.

The two play Hart’s classmates and both have some serious issues in

Hollywood is all the way live!

Frame 4 Frame Festival, Night School screening, DBDT Artistic Director Nycole, Ray, and his weekly radio show.

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dealing with life and reality. They really keep the pace moving.

The story doesn’t end, at least not right away, with a happily ever after ending, but it is a comedic version of an inspirational tale about getting second and even third and fourth chances.

I howled throughout the movie and I loved NIGHT SCHOOL. The movie lasts 1 hour and 50 minutes and is rated PG-13 (I think it would have been a little funnier if it was rated R). On my “Hollywood Popcorn Scale” I rate NIGHT SCHOOL a JUMBO.

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