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February 2017 Volume 27/ Number 2 • A Monthly Publication by Unite of Southwest Missouri, Inc •
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2017 Black History Month Gospel Festival See Ad on page 12
Building Empowering Connections In Our Diverse Community
MSU Black History Month Calendar Of Events See Calendar on page 2
At Springfield Contemporary Theatre
See Stor y on page 8
A Growing Demand For Private Security Services Designed by BK Designs
An Interview with the owner of Ascension Protective Services, Terry Edwards See Stor y on Page 6
Deliverance Temple Ministries
Springfield Branch NAACP
Carson Confirmed As HUD Secretary by Cal Thomas Guest Columnist Excerpts from, “Ben Carson: Role Model” During his Senate confirmation hearing, Dr. Ben Carson, secretary of Housing and Urban Development-designate, told a story. He said his mother was a domestic who cleaned beautiful homes. One day she asked him if he would rather live in those nice houses or the house in which he and his brother lived in Detroit. She told him that only he could decide the type of home he would eventually live in by how much he studied in school and the
Dr Ben Carson, Secretary of Housing and Urban Development
choices he made for his life. Thus motivated, Carson said he went from last in his class to first, and people who used
to call him "dummy" started asking him for help with their schoolwork. Continued on page 2
Drury accounting students to provide free income tax preparation assistance Springfield, MO—Drury University students again will provide free tax preparation through an IRS Volunteer Income Tax Assistance (VITA) site. The annual tax preparation service is open to the public and is designed to benefit low-income and senior taxpayers.
The Drury tax clinic is primarily a walk-in service. This site calls its last client on each date one hour prior to closing. VITA clinics are held at the Breech School of Business Administration building, on the northeast corner of Central Street and Drury Lane. All returns will be filed electronically unless the IRS
The clinics will be held at the following times: Saturday, Feb. 4 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 6 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Friday, Feb. 10 – 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 11 – 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Monday, Feb. 13 – 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. Continued on page 5