By: Rachel HawkinsNDG Staff Writer

Concerned citizens of Irving meton Thursday, June 28 at Red Lobsterto discuss several aspects that led tothe closing of Big Beat Dallas at theToyota Music Factory. Also in at-tendance at the meeting were repre-sentatives of Billy Bob Barnett, BigBeat Dallas owner. The primarygoal of this meeting was to informthe citizens of recent behind thescenes activity related to Big Beat’sclosure and related lawsuit.

Reportedly, Billy Bob brought theentertainment concept to Irving in2006. A referendum went before thecitizens of Irving and was passed in2007 by voters in support of build-ing the entertainment center.

Therefore, many were surprisedat the abrupt closing of Big BeatDallas on May 29, following advicefrom his legal advisors.

“This is personal to me,” AnthonyBond said at last week’s meeting.“Behind the scenes, it’s a completemess, and the citizens of Irvingdon’t have a clue,” he shared addinghis chief concern is what is in thebest interest of the Irving citizens.“We need for everyone who was in-volved, to tell the truth, and let’s dothe best for the Toyota Music Fac-

tory.”The City of Irving is slated to

enter into mediation with the ARKGroup on July 22 to decide if the re-quested $44 million should be paidbased on a definition of completion.Currently, the definition of comple-tion is in dispute.

“It’s a series of complicated is-sues, but we have reason to believethat the Irving entertainment centerwas not completed as it was sup-posed to be completed signifi-cantly,” Dan Phillips, advisor toBilly Bob stated.

“Originally we were supposed to

open in February 2017. The pavil-ion didn’t open until November2017, and it was a disaster. They had300 items on their punch list,” ac-cording to Phillips.

The city commissioned two inde-pendent surveys with each deter-mining the parking is not adequate.

“What ARK has done in order togain more square footage, they aretrying to say that streets that run be-hind the Alamo and the pavilion, arecounted as part of that plaza,” ac-cording to Phillips.

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Vernon Lockhart, Execu-tive Director of Project Os-mosis, a nonprofit helpingyouth pursue careers in de-sign, was honored by AIGAChicago on Thursday, June14, 2018 for his commitmentto diversifying the design in-dustry.

The lack of diversity in in-dustries where minorities areunderrepresented has pushedcompanies like Uber, Googleand AirBNB to demonstratestronger commitments to di-versity and inclusion. Like thetech industry, the design in-dustry has historically hadlow numbers of minority rep-resentation. A 2016 study by

Google and AIGA - the pro-fessional association for de-sign - found that only 9% ofdesigners were Hispanic, 8%were Asian, and 3% wereAfrican American.

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of Project Osmosis andfounder of Art on the Loose(AOTL), Vernon Lockharthas dedicated his 30-year ca-reer to increasing those num-bers. A native of St. Louis,Lockhart started his career asa designer at NorthwesternUniversity after graduatingfrom the School of the Art In-stitute of Chicago. Helaunched AOTL, his multi-disciplinary design firm, in1995. Key projects includedesigning and building theBronzeville Children�s Mu-seum and working with cor-porate giants like Exelon, aswell as designing and con-structing the Marcus GarveyInteractive Museum and PeterTosh Museum in Jamaica.

Just as meaningful is thework he’s done with ProjectOsmosis, the nonprofit organ-ization which emerged fromthe Chicago chapter of theOrganization of Black De-signers. For the past 21 years,Osmosis has engaged minor-ity youth in activities that pro-mote creativity and self-ex-pression. The organizationhelps 700+ students each yearto gain access and knowledgeabout career opportunities indesign.

"We want to say 10, 20, 50years from now, that we wereencouraged thousands ofyouth to pursue careers in de-sign they may never haveconsidered otherwise. I be-lieve every person has the

human right to be creative, re-gardless of their economicbackground or race," saysLockhart.

His accomplishments in-clude helping to implementinternship programs at theHarrington College of De-sign, Columbia College,SAIC, and Chicago StateUniversity. Lockhart helpedUIC establish the OsmosisCharles Harrison Scholarship,and recently published De-sign For Life, a full-color cof-fee table book celebrating thelife of Leroy Winbush - oneof Chicago's pioneering de-signers of color.

Because of his contribu-tions to design, Lockhart hasbeen selected to receive the

2018 Above & BeyondAward from the ChicagoChapter of AIGA. FormerExecutive Director of AIGA,Rick Grefé says, "We bestowour deepest appreciation toVernon Lockhart for leadingthe profession in its efforts tobecome... inclusive... and en-couraging young people todiscover design as an expres-sion of creativity."

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E.A. Raine Publishing re-cently released this month anew male empowermentbook titled, The Ten StepM.A.N.- A Practical Guide toPeace, Power, Purpose andLiberation in a World ofWomen, Wine, War andWickedness. Authored byDuke University's newlyminted D.Min, Reverend Dr.Edward Mulraine, who alsoleads Unity Baptist Taberna-cle Church in Mount Vernon,New York, The Ten StepM.A.N. is devoted to ad-dressing the challenges menof color face in their lives andpositively transforming themtowards success.

Through his many years of

preaching and speaking tomen at conferences as well ascounseling men in their mostdifficult times, Dr. Mulrainehas tailored a book built onreal life experiences and cir-cumstances to equip and em-power men for their life's

journey. (visit link to see Rev.Dr. Edward Mulraine discuss"The Ten Step M.A.N" on arecent Bronxnet interview -www.bronxnet.org/watch/videos/5085/).

"From topics of Fathernessto incarceration, many booksexamine the social and moraldecline of Black men, but notmany books today look at thegood and potential of ourmen. I wanted to change thatand it took me seven years towrite The Ten Step M.A.N.with the goal to proactivelyaddress the emotional, psy-chological, and spiritualneeds of men," states Rev-erend Dr. Edward Mulraine."By teaching Black men howto positively and strategicallyequip their minds, bodies and

spirit with the goal to build aman’s character up for livingtriumphantly in society, TheTen Step M.A.N. is ulti-mately a step-by-step guidefor men towards positivetransformation for them-selves, their families andcommunities."

The alarming statistics onmen reported by the Centersfor Disease Control and Pre-vention (www.cdc.gov) tothe National Coalition onMen (www.ncfm.org) sug-gest that Black and Brownmen in the U.S. society areexperiencing systematic dis-crimination in public healthissues, parenting, domesticviolence policies, education,financial literacy, and crimi-nal sentencing, to name a

few. The Ten Step M.A.N.- APractical Guide to Peace,Power, Purpose and Libera-tion in a World of Women,Wine, War and Wickednessrecognizes the daily societalpressures men face. The bookuses everything, from sportsand history to politics andpop culture, to empathizewith the male reader and histemptations, from sex andwomen to criminal mischiefand more.

Moreover, The Ten StepM.A.N. is rooted in the bibli-cal text of Ephesians 6:14-17.It is the metaphorical use ofthe armor in the bible versethat The Ten Step M.A.N. isbased on and purports the"Ten Steps" that all men mustarm themselves with in order

to be transformed into betterse lves . The acronym,M.A.N., stands for "Man ofArmor Nation," with the goalof the book to empower mento be bold, wise and secure inbusiness, education, serviceto the community and more.

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This is America: Black clergy jailed andshackled for Supreme Court prayer protestBy Julianne Malveaux NNPA Columnist

Faith and prayer have beenthe backbone of the AfricanAmerican community sincewe came upon these shores.We have counted on our faithleaders (the roll call wouldinclude Revs. Richard Allen,Absalom Jones, JamesWalker Hood, Martin LutherKing, Jr., Wyatt Tee Walker,Jesse L. Jackson, WilliamBarber, Vashti McKenzie,Barbara Williams Skinnerand many others) to articulatethe justness of our cause andto mobilize us to work for thejustice that is called for in theNew Testament, especially inMatthew 25: 35-45. Our min-isters are revered leaders whooften stand in the face of in-justice. We are not surprised,and indeed, encouraged,when their firm stands in theface of oppression lead tocollisions with the law. Still,when faith leaders are treatedharshly, it forces us to exam-ine the injustice in our sys-tem. When Dr. Martin LutherKing, Jr. wrote the “Letterfrom the Birmingham Jail” in1963, he chided White min-isters who made a publicstatement about his methods,suggesting that segregationshould be fought in thecourts, not in the streets. Hisletter moved the White faithcommunity to confront someof the injustices of segrega-tion and to form allianceswith the Civil Rights move-ment.

King spent eleven days inthe Birmingham jail in ex-tremely harsh conditions.

However, the oppressor doesnot learn from its excesses.On June 12, nine faith lead-ers were shackled and heldfor 27 hours after being ar-rested for praying at theSupreme Court. The multi-cultural group of men andwomen are part of Rev.William Barber’s Poor Peo-ple’s Campaign ( A NationalCall for Moral Revival).Their effort is to bring atten-tion to the amazing inequal-ity and moral bankruptcy ofour nation. Their prayers atthe Supreme Court were ex-tremely timely given thecourt’s recent actions to makeit more difficult for people tovote in Ohio, and given theinjustices, this court contin-ues to perpetuate.

Like Dr. King, the ninewho were arrested—PoorPeople’s Campaign co-chairthe Rev. Liz Theoharis, D.C.clergy the Revs. JimmieHawkins, Graylan Haglerand William Lamar IV, andthe Revs. Rob and HersheyStephens from the FortWashington CollegiateChurch in New York City)—were subjected to extremelyharsh conditions. No threat toanyone, they were shackled,placed in handcuffs and legirons, confined to roach-in-fested cells with nothing torest their heads on, but ametal slab. This is the 21stcentury, but you wouldn’tknow it by the way theseclergies were treated. Yet,their actions and those of thePoor People’s Campaign arewriting the contemporary let-ter from the Birmingham jail.Their brief incarceration, in

the name of justice, is part ofa larger movement to bringattention to increasingpoverty and injustice, even inthe face of economic expan-sion. Like Dr. King’s PoorPeople’s campaign, this 21stcentury Poor People’s Cam-paign, launched fifty yearslater, is an attack on poverty,racism, and militarism, andalso ecological devastationand our nation’s “moral dev-astation.”

At the 2018 RainbowPUSH International conven-tion on June 15, Rev. Barberrailed against interlocking in-justices that did not beginwith our 45th President, buthave been exacerbated by thedepravity he represents. In arousing address that wovehumor, statistics, publicanalysis and a scathing attackon our nation’s immorality,Barber argued that “the re-jected,” which may comprisemore than half of our nation,will lead to the revival of ournation.

Who would have thoughtthat nine faith leaders wouldbe among the rejected? Whowould have thought that Dr.King would have been? ButDr. King eagerly embracedthe status of “rejected.” Heonce preached, “I choose toidentify with the underprivi-leged. I choose to identifywith the poor. I choose togive my life for the hungry. Ichoose to give my life forthose who have been left outof the sunlight of opportu-nity.” Rev. Liz Theoharis toldDemocracy Now’s AmyGoodman that the conditionsshe and fellow clergy experi-

enced, while uncomfortable,were the same conditionspoor inmates experienced.That’s the power, in someways, of the Poor People’sCampaign. Clergy and othersare forcing the issue, liftingtheir voices, making connec-tions, claiming the discom-fort and pain of the rejected,embracing the fact that they,too, are among the rejected.

To shackle clergy simplyfor praying is to exhibit a pe-culiar form of cruelty and in-humanity. Shackling is remi-niscent of enslavement;shackling is a method of hu-miliation; shackling is an at-tempt to use the harsh lash ofunjust law on the backs ofthose who pray for just law.Rev. William Lamar IV, whohas been arrested on threeconsecutive Mondays forprotest action said that theJune 12 arrests and treatmentwere the harshest, he has yetexperienced. In Washington,D.C., people who are arrestedfor protesting are usuallygiven a ticket that requires acourt appearance and a likelyfine. What did the shacklingsay about the hallowed sa-credness of the “Supreme”Court?

Unjust law enforcementcan shackle arms and legs,but not movements. Harshtreatment of leaders in thePoor People’s Champaignonly strengthens resistanceagainst injustice, racism,poverty, and ecological dev-astation.

Julianne Malveaux can bereached at www.julian-nemalveaux.com or on Twit-ter @drjlastword.

NAACP statement on the retirement of Justice Kennedy(NNPA) — NAACP, the

nation’s foremost civil rightsorganization, issued the fol-lowing statement regardingthe announced retirement ofJustice Anthony Kennedy.

Justice Kennedy played apivotal role on the SupremeCourt for thirty years. Hewas the deciding vote inmany close cases involvingcivil rights and civil liberties.Without his moderating in-fluence, the balance on theCourt could shift dramati-cally to the right.

This court has already un-dermined basic rights we allbelieved we enjoy as Ameri-

cans—the right to strongunions that bargain collec-tively, one person one voteprinciples, redistricting, andregarding the right of womento make their own health caredecisions.

The stakes for nominatinga replacement could not behigher at any moment in ourhistory.

The court serves as theguardian of our rights andliberties. The country desper-ately needs a fair-minded andindependent jurist. Now isnot the time for a divisive andbiased appointment who willshake the public’s faith in the

justice system.The constitutional process

for appointing and confirm-ing the next justice must becareful, deliberative and con-ducted with bipartisan sup-port. The Senate should notconsider a nominee until anew Senate is seated nextyear. Moreover, the new Sen-ate should ensure that thenominee have a demon-strated commitment to equaljustice and civil rights. Thenames identified on Trump’sshortlist do not fit that bill.For the good of the Americanpeople, we urge that the Pres-

ident and the Senate to care-fully exercise their respectiveroles under the Constitutionin light of the consequentialimpact of this nomination onour democracy.

The NAACP and its mem-bers are committed to pro-tecting the gains won throughthe sacrifices of our ancestorsand to protecting civil rightsfor generations to come.

Our justice system—andindeed the very peace andtranquility of our nation—hang in the balance.

We will not go silently intothe night. We can’t.

Dr. Sarah E. Laibstain

Summer is here, and formany it is an exciting seasonfilled with summer campsand sports activities. As youand your family plan outyour summer, visiting yourphysician for summer phys-icals should be on the top ofyour list. Summer physicals,also known as pre-participa-tion physicals, are great forunderstanding your child’shealth and making sure theycan participate in summeractivities safely. Summer isalso a good time for adults toschedule physicals to betterunderstand their own health,and learn more about how tolive a healthy lifestyle. Re-gardless of age, physicalsare important to staying ontop of your health and helpyou and your family have asafe and enjoyable summer.

Summer physicals helpparents and camp staff makesure that a camper can safelytake part in camp activitieswithout complications from

a pre-existing condition. Vis-iting your physician beforesummer activities may re-duce the risk of injury and isa great time to make sureyour child is current on vac-cinations. A physician will

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Texans Can Academies introduces 24/7 counseling services tosupport the emotional and mental health of their students

Texans Can Academieshave implemented studentcounseling services for stu-dents at all of their 13 cam-puses located across the statein Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth,Houston and San Antonio tohelp high school studentswith depression, mental ill-ness, and other issues receivethe help they need. TexansCan Academies’ students arenow able to call a telephonenumber 24-hours, seven daysa week year-round for emer-gencies or to schedule off-campus counseling appoint-ments. Texans Can Acade-mies covers the cost of theservices making it possiblefor their students to receiveconfidential, complimentarycrisis intervention help.

“Texans Can Academieseducates children in all as-pects, and mental health isamong the most important,”said Texans Can AcademiesPresident and CEO RichardMarquez. “We are seeingmental health conditions

more and more acrossUnited States’ high schoolcampuses and the tragic anddangerous outcomes fromstudents with these issues.We decided as a school dis-trict to proactively help all ofour students suffering fromany type of depression, dailystress, or mental illness,whether it be temporary aspart of teenage life, or severe,more serious cases.”

Texans Can Academies’student counseling servicesallow enrolled students tomake appointments at a pri-

vate clinic office via a mo-bile app or receive help bycalling the toll-free numberexclusive to their students atany time for emergencies orwhen a student just needs totalk about an issue. Servicesare confidential and free forstudents. Texans Can Acade-mies will not receive any in-formation about who usesthe program or why. The ac-cess of services is meant tohelp students with any diffi-culties they may be goingthrough and support them intheir success. Up to three

counseling appointments areavailable for each differentproblem a student may havein one school year.

“It is exciting to help Tex-ans Can Academies imple-ment counseling and crisisintervention services to theiralready extensive care oftheir students,” said PaulFleming, president of Stu-dent Assistance Programs &Training Services (SAP /TS), LLC. “Modeled on theprinciples of successful Em-ployee Assistance Programs,our goal is to help youngpeople cope with their prob-

lems now and by doing so,prevent future, more difficultemotional issues.” SAP / TSis the program manager andan affiliated company of Jor-gensen Brooks Group (JBG),both Arizona firms. For 27years, JBG customers haveincluded colleges, schooldistricts, counties, cities andtowns, hospitals and otherservice groups.

Depression, a key indica-tor of overall emotionalhealth, has escalated sincethe 1980’s and 1990’s. Ac-cording to the National Al-liance on Mental Illness

(NAMI), 20% of youth ages13 to 18 live with a mentalhealth condition. Suicide isthe third leading cause ofdeath in youth ages 10 to 24.The National Institute ofMental Health states an esti-mated 3.1 million adoles-cents aged 12 to 17, or12.8%, in the United Statesin 2016 had at least onemajor depressive episode.However, 60% of those witha major depressive episodedid not receive treatment.

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Carrollton advises residents to be aware of potential roofing scamsThe City of Carrollton ad-

vises residents to be aware ofpotential roofing scams in re-sponse to the recent hailstorms and offers these tipsfrom the Better Business Bu-reau:

Residents can contact theirinsurance company to askabout their policy coverageand specific filing require-ments. The City encourages

residents to save all receipts,including those for food, tem-porary lodging, or other ex-penses that may be coveredunder their insurance policy.The insurance company mayalso have recommended con-tractors.

Do the research and findbusinesses on sites such asBBB.org. The BBB has busi-ness profiles on more than one

million home contractors.Seek out references fromfriends and relatives as well.The state of Texas does not re-quire roofers or general con-tractors to be licensed. How-ever, some organizations suchas the North Texas RoofersAssociation require an ac-creditation process to be listedon their website(https://www.ntrca.com/roofe

rs/residential/). Resist high-pressure sales

tactics. Some storm chasersuse schemes such as the“good deal” residents will getonly if they hire the contractoron the spot. Be proactive inselecting a contractor and notreactive to sales calls on thephone or door-to-door pitches.Disaster victims should neverfeel forced to make a hasty de-

cision or to choose an un-known contractor.

Be especially careful ofdoor-to-door contractors. Askfor identification and checktheir service vehicle for abusiness name, phone num-ber, and license plates for yourstate.

Be mindful when havingwork performed on areas ofthe home that are not easily

accessible or visible such asthe roof, an attic, crawl spaces,or ducts. While most contrac-tors abide by the law, someunethical ones may actuallycreate damage to get work.

If residents believe they area victim of a home repairscam, they are encouraged tocall the office of the Texas At-torney General at 1-800-252-8011.

The City of Garlandseeks additional input fromcitizens for plans to developa dog park in Central Park.On June 28, Garland resi-dents had an opportunity toreview two conceptualplans for the future park andprovide feedback. Here aredescriptions of the two con-cepts (click on the Concepttitle for an image):

Concept A• 100 parking stalls

• Access from north andsouth

• Linear orientation of in-terior dog fencing

• Buffer to adjacenthomes

• Interior shade structuresare distributed

Concept B• 85 parking stalls• Access from south only• Radial orientation of in-

terior dog fencing• Wider buffer to adjacent

homes• Interior shade structure

is centralizedResidents are invited to

view the concepts onlineand provide additional feed-back. An instant poll isavailable on EngageGar-landTX.Mindmixer.comuntil July 13. Select theconcept you prefer in thepoll. You can also provideadditional comments on theinstant poll.

The Engage Garland plat-form requires the user to setup an account. Your infor-mation is used to verify thevalidity of the public input.It is not shared for any otheruse.

For additional informa-tion, please contact theParks and Recreation De-partment at 972-205-2750or ParksandRec@Gar-landTX.gov.

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LITTLE ELM - Whetherit’s a consumer purchase, likea car or large appliance, or aservice like lawn mainte-nance or housecleaning,homeowners count on know-ing how much their monthlycharge will be, allowing themthe ability to set and maintaintheir household budget.

“Knowing their monthlypayments for their budgetevery month will make it eas-ier for families to allocatetheir discretionary spending,”says the Town’s Chief Finan-cial Officer Karla Stovall.“But when the monthly costof an essential service likewater is unpredictable, it’sdifficult to develop and main-tain a family budget.”

To address the uncertain-ties of household water bills,Little Elm’s Utility BillingDepartment has introducedthe Average Monthly Pay-ment Plan (AMPP), a pay-ment-leveling program.

“When customers switchto AMPP, previous usage in-formation is used to deter-mine their average billingamount,” added Stovall.“Each month the average bill

is then adjusted based ontheir actual usage.”

The payment plan is basedon an average of the previousrolling 12 months’ chargesand current actual charges. Acustomer’s bill will fluctuateaccording to the averagewater consumption.

The program removes thesummer peaks and wintervalleys of water billing, giv-ing customers a chance tomore accurately budget theirfamily finances. The pre-dictability of the utility billcan make it possible forhouseholds to create andmaintain a reliable and accu-rate spending profile.

Customers who are inter-ested in enrolling in the pro-gram should contact the Util-ity Billing Department at(214) 975- 0480 or visit theUtility Billing office, locatedon the second floor of TownHall, 100 West EldoradoParkway. There is no addi-tional charge to participate inthe program but there aresome eligibility require-ments.

“This is not a discount pro-gram, and there is no change

in the costs,” said Stovall. “Itis a way for families andhouseholds to manage theirfinances in a more equitableway, month to month.”

While the program can bea welcome relief in the sum-mer, participants should bemindful that traditionallylight winter water bills willmatch those of the summer,putting all 12 months of thebilling cycle on an even foot-ing.

The program, while im-portant to those familiesseeking a more even budget-ing process, can allow for in-dividuals to become some-what complacent in theirsummer watering habits.

“Just because the summerpeak is evened out to a lowercost does not automaticallymean that irrigation wateringcan be increased,” she said.“Conservation and smart wa-tering is still required, and infact, will be even more im-portant since the high-waterbills that typically signal highusage will no longer bethere.”

Water averaging can helpfamilies manage budgets

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What to do when your child HATES math Kids hate math for many

different reasons. Some findit too hard, others find itoverwhelming, and still oth-ers are so bored by it thatthey can hardly bring them-selves to complete their as-signments.

But whatever the reason,nothing ruins a day (andmom’s nerves) like fightingabout math. The constant ar-guing, whining, and cryingspill over beyond math timeand make the whole daymiserable.

Quick fixes like rewardsand sticker charts sometimesmake math tolerable for afew days. But, before long,the math battles begin allover again. No wondersome families end up doingless and less math at homein an effort to keep thepeace—but with the con-stant worry that they’re notpreparing their child ade-quately for the future.

Not all kids are going toadore math, but if math is anever-ending struggle atyour house, these strategieswill help stop the mathfights and make math timemore tolerable—for bothyou and your child.

Find the Goldilockschallenge level

Think about a time whenyou were deeply engaged inyour learning: it may havebeen discussing a great bookwith a friend, learning howto crochet from your grand-mother, or mastering a pieceon the piano. But whateverit was, one of the reasonsyou likely found it so satis-fying was that you wereworking at your Goldilockschallenge level: not too easy,not too hard, but just right.

Finding the right level ofchallenge is key to helpingkids enjoy math, too.There’s no satisfaction inwhizzing through easybusywork problems, but it’svery frustrating to plugaway at problems that aretoo hard.

When kids are frustratedwith math, many parents im-mediately think about clos-ing the textbook. That mayindeed be a good decision—but there are other ways toadjust the difficulty level,

too. Here are some ways to

find the Goldilocks diffi-culty level for your child:

Do fewer problemsIf your child is exhausted

or overwhelmed by thelength of their assignments,shorten them. Your childdoesn’t have to do everyproblem if it's going to makehim or her miserable. Skipproblems that are too easy,work on just the odds orevens, or simply pick out theproblems that your childmost needs to work on.

Do more practice andreview

While some kids need todo fewer problems in orderto not hate math, other chil-dren may actually need to domore. If your child is havingtrouble retaining what he’salready learned, go back andmake sure those skills aresharp before moving on.

Every step in math buildson each other, and it’s veryfrustrating to kids to keepmoving forward whenthey’re missing some of thebuilding blocks. Make sureyour child has the math factsmastered and basic skillssolid before you move ontomore complex work.

Set a timerIf your child has a short

attention span, but needs alot of practice in math, youcan make math less difficultfor her by breaking assign-ments into smaller chunks.Set a timer and ask yourchild to do quality work fora very short time. Kids areoften amazed at how muchthey can get done when theyjust put their head down andget to work for 15 minutes.And, make sure to keep yourexpectations realistic, espe-cially for little ones: kinder-gartners and first-graders

often can only focus on forfive to ten minutes at a time.

Require less writingActual physical pain

makes anything a lot less en-joyable. Younger childrenwho have already done writ-ing, spelling, and copyworkmay not have the staminaleft for copying problemsfrom a textbook or writingout many answers. If yourchild has trouble with this,don't require them to copyfrom a textbook. Or, allowyour child to answer asmany problems orally aspossible. If you are workingout of a textbook you own,allow your child to (gasp!)write directly in the text-book. It costs a little extra,but eliminating math battlesis well worth it.

Another way to makewriting in math less arduousis to solve problems togetheron a mini whiteboard first.It’s much easier for kids towrite on a whiteboard thanwith a pencil on paper, sincethey don’t have to concen-trate so much on keepingtheir numbers neat andproperly-sized. Plus, work-ing problems together on awhiteboard is also a greatsolution for kids whose at-tention tends to wander ifyou stick them in a room bythemselves with a math as-signment.

Support and mentoryour math learner

When I was in college, Iwas struggling in one of mymath classes. After years offeeling capable and confi-dent in math, I was shakenand doubting myself when Iwent to my professor’s of-fice hours for help. Insteadof helping me understandwhat I was doing wrong orexplaining the material in anew way, he gave me some

of the most unhelpful adviceI’ve ever received: stare atthe problems longer.

Needless to say, that classwas not a satisfying learningexperience. (I ended upstruggling along by myselfand barely passing—and re-solving that when I was amath teacher, I would bemore helpful!) If you’re nota fan of math yourself, youprobably have a similarstory. But if we want ourkids not to hate math, it’s es-sential that we support andmentor them in their learn-ing.

Model a positive atti-tude toward math your-

selfIf you don’t like math

yourself, I know it can behard to fake a positive atti-tude. But we parents set thetone for our homes. Whenwe’re dragging, everyone’sdragging. When we’re ener-gized and positive, the kidsare much more likely to be,too.

If you don’t like math and

find it hard to muster a pos-itive attitude, simply try tobe neutral. Don’t talk nega-tively about math, and try toput a smile on your facewhen you announce that it’smath time. Even a little bitof positivity can go a longway.

Teach, don’t just assignThere are two huge draw-

backs to sending your chil-dren off to work on math bythemselves.

First, kids associate mathwith banishment and notgetting mom or dad's atten-tion until they have a prob-lem. This actually makessome kids more likely to actup, since it’s the only way toget mom or dad's attentionduring math time. And forour extroverted kids, it’shard for them to like a sub-ject that they always have todo by themselves.

Second, when kids domath on their own, they’reoften able to limp along andget most answers right. Butare they really reading the

lesson, thinking it through,and internalizing it? Do theyreally understand what theyread and did? Unless youhave a very studious and re-sponsible student, a childwho does math on her ownis usually missing out on thedeeper understanding thatcomes from workingthrough the lesson with aparent. Mentoring your in-dependent math learnerdoesn’t have to take a longtime each day, but even fiveminutes will go a long wayto helping your child feelsupported and encouragedin their math studies.

Use a teacher’s guideThose teacher’s guides

are a wealth of useful infor-mation. Most will help youunderstand the main objec-tive of the lesson and showyou some ways to demon-strate the concept. Somewill even provide games andactivities to reinforce whatyour child is learning and

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The Art Of Dallas Re-loaded will take place onJuly 8 from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m.at Plaza Arts Center, in Car-rollton. Join them whilethey tap into the muchtalked about subject of De-press ion and Suic idethrough theatre. We havedecided to "reload" thesestageplays, free of charge,to the public to bring thatawareness to our communi-ties. This event is absolutelyfree but you have to rsvp forentrance. Mature Audiencedue to the subject matter. Besure to register at Face-book.com/events.

DallasHairspray in Dallas, TX

- Broadway’s Big Fat Musi-cal Comedy Hit will begintheir production on July 7

starting at 8 p.m. at Win-spear Opera House, in Dal-las. The AT&T PerformingArts Center and Tony®-winning Dallas TheaterCenter join together for anunprecedented new collab-oration to produce theBroadway musical HAIR-SPRAY in the WinspearOpera House. The 1950sare out, and change is in theair! Hairspray, winner ofeight Tony Awards, includ-ing Best Musical, is a fam-ily-friendly musical, piledbouffant-high with laughter,romance, and deliriouslytuneful songs. It’s 1962 inBaltimore, and the lovableplus-size teen, Tracy Turn-blad, has only one desire –to dance on the popular“Corny Collins Show”.When her dream comestrue, Tracy is transformedfrom social outcast to sud-

den star. She must use hernewfound power to de-throne the reigning TeenQueen, win the affections ofheartthrob, Link Larkin,and integrate a TV net-work… all without dentingher ‘do! For informationand tickets visithttp://www.attpac.org.

The Community Con-versat ion With BetoO'Rourke will be held onJuly 8 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.at 1011 Ten Eleven, in Dal-las. Presented by The BlackWo m e n ' s PA C B e t oO'Rourke talks about acriminal justice system thatTexas can trust followed byQ&A. Small room, commu-nity conversation. Dialoguewith Beto on criminal jus-tice issues. Ask your ques-tion. $50 per person, FoodFor The Soul Sunday by

Chef Ty Includes Full Meal& Non-Alcoholic Bever-age, excludes alcoholic bev-erages. (Limited Seating)Only 100 Seats. Proceedsbenefit The Black Women'sPAC. Beto O'Rourke is aCongressman from El Paso.He is the Democratic Partycandidate for U.S. Senateaimed to defeat Ted Cruz inNovember. Come get toknow the man and the can-didate. The Black Women’sPAC is committed to em-powering black women inTexas as political donors insupport of electing moreblack women to public of-fice across the state and tohelping develop, build,train, fund and grow the po-litical and intellectual infra-structure necessary to helpblack women win electionsand successfully governonce elected.

Grand PrairieAn Ice Cream Chal-

lenge will be held on July 7from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. atGrand Prairie Farmers Mar-ket, in Grand Prairie. Sum-mer is officially here, andthe temperatures are risingrapidly. There’s no betterway to cool down on a hotsummer day than withhomemade ice cream! TheGrand Prairie Farmers Mar-ket, 120 W. Main St., willhost the second annual IceCream Challenge on Satur-day, July 7, from 10 a.m. – 1p.m. Local Grand Prairiecharities and organizationswill go head-to-head to seewho has the best homemadeice cream recipe in order tobe crowned the championand win money for theircharity. Tickets to sampleall charities homemade ice

cream and vote for your fa-vorite will be on sale for aminimal fee. Come coolyourself off with ice creamwhile you enjoy live music,shop the market, and helpyour favorite charity winmoney! For more informa-tion, contact Andrew Byrdat 972-237-8115 orabyrd@gptx.org.

Irving Live! Concert in Irving,

TX will take place on July10 from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. atThe Pigeon Hole, in Irving.Chainbreak3r is comingback to an old home in Irv-ing,Texas to rock out withsome old friends! There willbe free admission, bring alove offering.

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North Dallas Gazette wins national editorial award at NNPABy Ruth FergusonNDG Editor

The North Dallas Gazette(NDG) was awarded firstplace honors in the Robert S.Abbott Best Editorial cate-gory at the 2018 NationalNewspapers Publishers As-sociation’s (NNPA) MeritAwards on June 28 at thecelebration in Norfolk, Vir-ginia. The winning editorialwas published on Nov. 1,2017, written by Ed Gray,

NDG Senior Columnist itwas entitled “ConfederateStatues: The White Man’sBurden.”

“I am very humbled to be

honored,” Ed Gray statedwhen notified of the award.“It is our duty as members ofthe Black press to speak thetruth no matter how uncom-fortable it may be,” headded.

Throughout 2017 acrossthe nation and particularly inDallas, what to do aboutConfederate Statues was anon-going and contentiousdiscussion. Gray’s coverageon the issue actually kickedoff a month before the

protests Charlottesville, Va.on Aug. 11 which led to vio-lent confrontations and ulti-mately the death of three in-dividuals and injuries tomore than 30 before theweekend was over. Hecalled on the community andleaders to do better on July26, 2017, with his editorialentitled, “Dallas, Lose YourPlantation Mentality and Re-move Confederate Sym-bols.” Eventually, Dallaswould develop a plan for re-

moval of several Confeder-ate symbols throughout thecity following the advice ofa task force appointed byMayor Mike Rawlings.

Co-founder and PublisherThurman R. Jones acceptedthe award on behalf of NDGat the NNPA’s 2018 AnnualConvention: Celebrating191 Years of Black Press inAmerica Sustaining, Engag-ing & Mobilizing BlackCommunities at the HiltonNofolk The Main.

The criteria for the edito-rial award was based onclarity of thought, commu-nity interest, style, and rele-vance. Named in honor ofthe historic trailblazing pub-lisher Robert SengstackeAbbott. He was the founder,editor and publisher of therenown Chicago Defender in1905, the publication underhis leadership reached morethan 200,000 African Amer-ican readers throughout thecountry weekly in the 1920s.

mental health conditions anddiagnosed clinical depres-sion among teenagers, Tex-ans Can Academies is proac-tively putting treatment op-

tions in place for students.“We see some of our stu-dents suffering daily from is-sues outside of school thataffect their success in

school,” said James Ponce,PhD, Chief of Schools forTexans Can Academies.“With the tragic outcomeswe have been seeing acrossour nation among youth whocould have possibly benefit-

ted from mental health care,we decided to implement aprogram for our students tohelp them through theirteenage years. We alsowanted to remove the stigmaof asking for help by making

it easily and confidentiallyaccessible. We encourageour kids to reach out for helpwith problems big andsmall.”

Written consent from aparent or legal guardian is re-

quired for students under theage of 18 years seeking to re-ceive counseling services.All services are confidentialin compliance with HIPAAregulations and State studentrequirements.

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Irving-Las Colinas housing offers access to employersand amenities at a lower price than other suburbs

Irving can offer homebuy-ers many of the same ameni-ties and conveniences as itsfellow suburbs, like Plano orFrisco, for a lower price.

Though Plano has re-cently attracted high-profileheadquarters like ToyotaNorth America, Irving haslong been a magnet for cor-porate campuses, housingExxon Mobil, Kimberly-

Clark, Fluor, Pioneer Natu-ral Resources and manymore.

One of its most recent ad-ditions, Pei Wei Asian Diner,began relocating fromScottsdale, Arizona, lastyear. CEO J. Hedrick saidhis company was attracted toIrving thanks in part to itsproximity to Dallas FortWorth International Airport,

which puts the companywithin a 3-hour direct flightto all of its restaurants.

In an effort to keep itsdaytime population in thecity, Irving has started de-veloping more restaurant, re-tail and entertainment op-tions. Toyota Music Factory,a $200 million, 50,000-square-foot-plus develop-ment, has brought amenities

like eateries and an AlamoDrafthouse along Highway141.

Now, like Plano, Irving isseeing its employer base,transportation options andlifestyle offerings, alongwith its proximity to down-town Dallas, bring in morehomebuyers.

“They’ve done differentthings and created a vibrant

community,” Jim Berrong,associate broker with DavePerry-Miller Real Estate, anEbby Halliday Real Estatecompany, said of the city.

As a compilation of mas-ter-planned communitieslike Las Colinas and ValleyRanch, Irving also offers po-tential homebuyers a varietyof housing options, Berrongadded.

Homes near Las Colinasand Valley Ranch may beolder, but are well-estab-lished and tend to offer prox-imity to shopping, officesand restaurants.

Cheaper options existnorth of Highway 183,where buyers can find a va-riety of condominiums,townhomes and single-fam-ily houses.

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City Men Cook success-fully celebrated Father’sDay with a roster of DFWWho’s Who’s of tasters andcooks Sunday, June 17,2018, Gilley’s Dallas, at1135 S. Lamar St., Dallas,TX 75215 with over 1400attendees. Local leaders, fa-thers and Community iconswere recognized for theircontributions to the core pil-lars of City Men Cookwhich are Leadership, Men-toring and Fatherhood.

“This Sunday, we trulybecame the largest SundayDinner in North Texas,”says Terry Allen, managingfounder, “Our standingroom only crowd increasedby 450 more attendees thanthe past two years and thecooks presented some of thebest dishes ever!”

For ten 10 years the com-munity has been asked tonominate and identify men-tors in the community whoconvey and operate on ourcore pillars of mission:Leadership, Mentoring andFatherhood. City Men CookBaker’s Dozen Honorees in-clude the following men:

• Roland Parrish, Restau-rateur /Philanthropist, Men-tor – also awarded City MenCook Father of the Year

• John Fullinwider, SocialJustice and Community Ac-tivist, Mentor

• Ed Gray, Commis-sioner/Cultural Historian,NDG Columnist, Mentor

• Robert Pitre, Founder,Skyline Ranch, Entrepre-neur, Mentor

• Stephen Wright, NBCNews Manager, BEN Net-work Board Member, Men-tor

• Demond Fernandez,Senior reporter, WFAAChannel 8 News

• Christopher Fisher, Cityof Dallas Park and Recre-ations Manager, MentoringExpert -PURSUIT

• Hon Kevin Felder, Cityof Dallas Council Member,District, Entrepreneur, Men-tor

• Calvin Golden, Restau-rateur, Mentor

• James Thomas, Pub-lisher, Mentor

“Our mission is clear andwhat remains most impor-

tant is that we continue ourcommitment to fathers andfather figures in our familiesand communities throughthis showcase of men, men-tors and leaders. Thanks tothe support of FedEx, USVirgin Islands and ParrishRestaurants, we will launchour mentoring program thisfall giving traning, clothesand jobs to area youth,” saysfounder Allen.

City Men Cook will beexpanding the MBK-mod-eled mentoring program toinclude school based work-shops for area young menteaching essential cradle-tocareer strategies while en-hancing overall father/sonrelationships. The City MenCook mentoring program isa part of the local MyBrother’s Keeper(MBK)initiative’s network.

City Men Cook soars to new audiencelevels, inducts Hall of Fame leaders

Restaurateur, philanthropist and mentor Roland Parrish was awardedCity Men Cook Father of the Year for 2018. (Courtesy photo)

them to take part in andidentify activities to limit.Most summer camps andsports organizations requirecampers to visit their physi-cians for physicals beforethey can participate. Even ifnot mandatory, it is impor-tant for camp staff orcoaches to be familiar withthe medical history of eachchild in case of an emer-gency.

As schedules lighten withchildren away at camp, it is agreat time for you to visityour physician for a preven-tive health visit as well. A

routine physical exam keepsyou caught up on vaccina-tions and can identify minorhealth problems before theyturn more severe. Duringyour exam, your doctor willcheck your vitals and per-form a physical exam tomake sure you are not at riskfor developing diseases suchas diabetes, cancer, or stroke.Based on your family andpersonal medical history,your physician can alsoidentify any risk-factors forcancer and other diseasesand help you better under-stand healthy lifestyle habits

to make part of your dailyroutine.

Getting your camperpacked and ready with allthe needed supplies can bevery hectic, but it is impor-tant to make the time to visityour family physician beforesending your child off tosummer or sports camps.

Dr. Sarah E. Laibstain is ageneral family medicinepractitioner at Family Med-icine Associates of Texas inCarrollton. She thoroughlyenjoys improving the healthand lives of individualsranging from young childrento adulthood.

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Black History card game helps parents teachtheir children why Black Lives Matter

(BlackNews.com) - -African American parentswho want to teach their chil-dren about their heritage cannow easily do so thanks to anew Black History cardgame now available atBlackHistoryCardGame.com. The game, designed forchildren in grades K-8, is asimple, but very effective"Guess Who?" card gamethat features 28 Black his-tory legends.

Here are the some of thefeatures of the card game:

* Play "Guess Who?" andadd interest to Black HistoryMonth lessons with theseclever 2-sided KnowledgeCards

* Front of each cardshows an image of a notablefigure in black history alongwith the printed question"Who Am I?"

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their contributions* 28 cards include Alex

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George Wallace returns to Las Vegas with a new residency(BlackNews.com) -- The

"New Mr. Vegas" is back.Renowned comedian andlongtime star of stage andscreen, George Wallace, isreturning to Las Vegas witha new residency show at theintimate Westgate Cabaretat Westgate Las Vegas Re-sort & Casino. George Wal-lace will serve up a plate oflaughs, with extra hot sauce,beginning Tuesday, June26, 2018.

"I'm very happy to returnto Las Vegas on a regularbasis," said George Wal-lace. "Time away from thecity the last few years has

provided me with plenty ofnew material and experi-ences to add into the show.I'm looking forward to per-forming in an intimate

venue and thrilled to be partof the Westgate family."

George Wallace, who hasbeen selling out comedyclubs and concert venues all

over the world, derives hiscomedy from the everydayand simply shares momentsof life. He finds humoreverywhere he turns�frommedia to relationships to di-alogue clichés. At all costs,he avoids standard openinglines and is known to be anace at reading an audience.Among other comics, Wal-lace is known as �the guywho can roll the room overif it�s dead.�

Wallace began his careerin comedy as a writer for"The Redd Foxx Show" andmade a huge splash on thestand up scene as one of

150 competitors on thecable television special"The Big Laugh Off." Wal-lace captured first prize,which included club gigs allover the country. Recently,Wallace appeared in the hitshow "Comedians in CarsGetting Coffee" with JerrySeinfeld and starred along-side Morgan Freeman in thefilm "Just Getting Started."He will be appearing in theupcoming movie "The LastLaugh," alongside RichardDreyfus and Chevy Chase.

George Wallace will per-form Tuesday throughThursday at 8 p.m. inside

the intimate WestgateCabaret at Westgate LasVegas Resort & Casino, be-ginning Tuesday, June 26,2018. Tickets are $65, $75and $95 plus tax and feesand can be purchased at theWestgate Las Vegas Resort& Casino Box Office at(800) 222-5361 or online atwww.westgatelasvegas.com. Must be five years or olderto attend.

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DCT Technical DirectorJosh Smith took time out ofhis busy schedule to talkabout the process of assem-bling the touring set ofHOW I BECAME A PI-RATE. The show literallytraveled to 60 cities and per-formed for 113,791 audiencemembers before returning toDallas for a four-week runon the DCT mainstage thisJune. Over the course of ourinterview, Josh let us in onthe steps involved in build-ing a set, the challenges ofcreating a transportable pi-rate ship, and how youngpeople can work towards acareer in technical theater.

How did you get intotheater?

I kind of stumbled intotheater. My older sister wasin theater when I was in col-lege, and I’d go see theirfinal performances. For fun,

I’d help them strike. Later,when I went to the same col-lege, the teachers alreadyknew me. And they said, “Ifyou want to work in theater,we’ll give you scholarshipmoney.” I thought, “Hey, getpaid to play around andbuild stuff: my kind of deal.”

What did you do whenyou first started out there?What were your jobs?

I did some set construc-tion. As I got good at it, theyhad me do more and more

set construction, but I was ina theater program wherethere were never enoughguys, so I always ended upon stage. Even though Inever auditioned for any-thing, I’d be cast. And I’dsay, “Just let me run soundor lights or the flyline,” but Iwas always on stage.

What’s the first step ingetting ready to design aset, and what was your ex-perience like getting readyfor PIRATE?

When you’re designing aset, the first step is obviouslyreading the script. You readthe script; you do researchon the subject – for this case,our designer did research onpirates and studied the [HowI Became a Pirate] books.My job comes in usuallyafter the designers come upwith their design and talk tothe director to make sure

they’re on the same page. Iget to see the plan and thedrawings, and then I have tofigure out how to build whatthey want, even if it defiesphysics. We have to makesure we’re in budget and ontime, so there are a lot ofsteps involved, and one ofthe biggest things is makingsure the actors are safe.

How did knowing thatyour set would have to beboxed up after each per-formance to tour the coun-try affect your process?

One of the big thingsabout tours is you can’t builda big, heavy, unit set. Every-thing has to fit into a boxtruck, so everything needs tobreak apart, be as light aspossible, and be as

durable as possible be-cause it’s going to getthrown around and slammedaround. It’s a big challenge

balancing all that while alsomaking a set that can be puttogether within a two-hourtime span. For the touringgroup to build it, the set hasto be light enough to allowthem to move everything.

What was your workschedule for building thisset, and what was the teamprocess?

Here, we try really hard tokeep a 9 to 5 schedule asmuch as possible and notwork on weekends duringthe building stage, so a lot ofit comes down to planningahead of time, knowing yourcrew and what theirstrengths are – making surepeople who are good atwelding do welding; peoplewho are good at finish workdo finish work; and peoplethat are good at artsy, deco-rative stuff do artsy, decora-tive stuff.

What do you enjoyabout your job, and what’sdifficult about it?

I really enjoy the chal-lenges. No two sets are thesame. You have curved stairrailings; you have crow’snests that have to be sup-ported with minimal amountof structure showing. Thereare always different and in-teresting challenges. That’smy favorite part of the job,but that can also be the moststressful part of the job be-cause you can do anythingwith the right amount ofmoney and time. In theater,though, those are two thingsthat you usually don’t havea whole lot of.

HOW I BECAME A PI-RATE runs June 15ththrough July 8th at DCT. Fortickets and more info, visitdct.org.

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NDG Book Review: Note to Self is a book to pay attention toBy Terri Schlichenmeyer

Listen up.Pay attention. Eyes for-

ward, ears open. You’veheard those things before inyour life, and now you saythem to yourself, your kids,and your employees. But dothey hear what you saynow… or, as in the new book“Note to Self,” collected andintroduced by Gayle King,will your words ring back inthe future?

When she was just nineyears old, a classmate toldGayle King that she would behis slave, were it not for Lin-coln .

Stunned, she ran home to

tell her mother, who com-forted her with words Kingstill remembers – but it madeKing wonder what she, as thewoman she is today, wouldtell that “skinny little nine-year-old girl…” if she couldsend her young self a mes-

sage. In her Emmy-nomi-nated series for CBS ThisMorning, she gives opportu-nities for others to do the sim-ilar.

Beginning with Oprah,King’s best friend, there arewords of comfort for a youngwoman who was dating thewrong man: “I use the wordbeautiful because… that’snever a word you would callyourself.”

Kermit the Frog admitsthat he’s “green with envy”for the possibilities ahead forthe frog he once was. FormerVice President Joe Biden ad-vises his twelve-year-old selfto look forward, becausethere’s great adventure ahead.

N F L p l a y e r R y a nO’Callaghan advises hisyounger self to “Breathe.”From Dr. Ruth, who was or-phaned by the Nazis: “…your bravery will be re-warded.”

Tyler Perry thanks hisyoung self for thriving. Ar-chitect Frank Gehry says,“Once you find your pas-sion… work your tail off…”John Lewis advises himself toalways remember the wordsof Dr. King: “We must learnto live together as brothers orperish together as fools.”

Surround yourself withthose you love. Hug often.Examine your mistakes.Have fun. And remember that

people can be “meaner orcrueler or wetter or prettier…but they can’t be more humanthan you.”

If you could, would youbecome 18 years old again?

For most people, the an-swer is “yes,” but only if theycan take their knowledgeback with them. It’s a mootpoint, of course – you can’t,and you can’t – but “Note toSelf” sets forth an intriguingexercise.

It also offers a chance forreflection on a sleepy sum-mer afternoon, too. There’s agood mix of inspiring, gra-cious and grateful tales insidethis book, from those withstardom already in-pocket, to

a few that may not be house-hold names quite yet. Someof the tales are exactly whatyou’d expect, while othersmay surprise you with candorand reasoning. TV Host andstory collector Gayle Kingexplains how she receivedthese stories and others likethem; she then lays down afew rules, and leaves blankpages for readers’ own Notesto Self.

This is not a difficult bookto read. With its short, quickchapters, it practically begs tobe browsed in office or com-mute, and it’ll make a greatgrad gift. Truly, “Note toSelf” is a book you’ll pay at-tention to.

We the undersigned Irv-ing Concerned Citizens forFairness, are asking our Irv-ing City Council can beemailed as a group ccoun-cil@cityofirving.org.

We are asking the IrvingCity Council to conduct athorough investigation sur-rounding the following con-cerns about practices by theArk Groups at the IrvingToyota Music Factory be-fore the disbursement of thepending 44 Million TIFpayment to the Ark Group,the developer of the ToyotaMusic

Factory. Our concerns areas follows;

1. Is Irving Mayor, Rick

Stopher, right in saying thatthe Ark Group has threat-ened two of our current CityCouncil members andthreatened to sue the City ofIrving if this City Councildoes not vote ASAP to paythem the 44 Million TIFpayment?

2. Are we right in our un-derstanding that this pay-ment is to be made onlyupon completion of thisproject? We are concernedthat the Completion Condi-tions have been falsifiedand therefore the February15, 2018 finding by this Irv-ing City Council that com-pletion conditions havebeen satisfied by the Ark

Group has still not beenproperly verified. This iscrucial.

3. Did Ark force tenantsto sign leases that raciallydiscriminate when it comesto the type of music a tenantcan play in their venue?

For example; is the fol-lowing language raciallydiscriminatory to a tenant atthe Toyota Music Factory ifthis language is included intheir lease agreement withthe Ark Group?

"A tenant shall not per-mit two (2) "hi-hop or Te-jano" or "rap" music for-matted songs to be playedback to back."

4. We want the Irving

City Council to address ourconcerns that the Ark Groupfailed to meet our MWBEgoals regarding equal andfairness in contracting op-portunities in the construc-tion of this 200 Million dol-lar Irving Music Factory. Todate according to OpenRecords info provided to usby the City of Irving with aset goal of 32% ,the numberof MWBE's awarded con-tracts at the Irving ToyotaMusic Factory standsaround 20%. This is verytroubling in such a diversecity as Irving, Texas and oursurrounding cities and com-munities. What happenedand what enforcement tools

does the City of Irving haveto ensure we achieve ourMWBE goals on such ahuge project.

5. Did the architecturaldrawings call for a 50K sq.ft. outdoor, open-air Plazaat the Irving Toyota MusicFactory? If so we want theIrving City Council to in-vestigate our concerns thatwhat we have in actuality isa reduced size Plaza.

6. Is there any evidencethat fraud was committed inthis project in the obtainingof the Certificates of Occu-pancy for each tenantwhich denote that each ten-ant at the Irving Toyota

Music Factory has passedall necessary City Inspec-tions ?

Finally, in 2007, over60% of Irving voters votedfor a referendum saying wegive the City of Irving ourblessing to do what is nec-essary and legal to build usan Irving EntertainmentCenter. After nearly 12years we now have the Irv-ing Toyota Music Factoryas our Entertainment Cen-ter. We want our concernsinvestigated fairly to all par-ties involved in the IrvingToyota Music Factory.

Sincerely!(Signers)

Citizens’ group urges Irving council to begin investigation

There were also allega-tions the project had a re-quired completion date ofFeb. 28, 2018, to qualify forthe Tax Increment Financ-ing (TIF) grant. Part of theagreement stated ninerestaurants were expectedto be completed by thisdate, in addition to fivethousand square feet of re-tail space.

One of the allegations isARK played musical chairswith the accessories, includ-ing toilets, countertops, etc.to gain Certificate of Occu-pancy (CO).

“They would put theminto a venue to get their CO

and the next day they wouldtake it out,” Phillips said.“There is a long list of certi-fication requirements, andthey certified that they metall of them.”

(A video linked on theNDG Facebook page fea-tures Mayor Rick Stopferdiscussing his displeasurewith how the city’s partner-ship with ARK Group hasresulted in what he charac-terized as mistreatment ofcity staff and threats of law-suits from parties represent-ing the ARK Group.)

The Irving TaxpayersMatter, an Irving-based501(c)(4) nonprofit corpo-

ration, filed a lawsuit lastmonth seeking to preventthe City of Irving from re-leasing $44 million of tax-payer’s money requested byARK for additional build-ing expenses.

“We want the council tohave the courage to do whatthey should do,” Phillipssaid. “If the council followsthe contract and ARK does-n’t get the money, then it[the taxpayer lawsuit] goesaway, and the money can beput to proper use at the Toy-ota Music Factory and bedone with them,” he added.

“They didn’t do whatthey were supposed to do,and the council knows,”Phillips said. “They are

afraid that they are going toget sued.

Additional concernsThere was a question

raised by the language ARKincluded in the lease agree-ment regarding the type ofmusic and the order of themusic which the tenantcould play in their restau-rant. According to the peti-tion included as a sidebar tothis story:

“For example, is the fol-lowing language raciallydiscriminatory to a tenant atthe Toyota Music Factory ifthis language is included intheir lease agreement withthe Ark Group?

‘A tenant shall not permit

two(2) “hip-hop or Tejano”or “rap” music formattedsongs to be played back toback.'”

“I knew that this wouldtouch a chord with somepeople,” Bond stated.

Other concerns includethe failure to meet otherstated goals during the con-struction phase.

“The City of Irving, weforced them to sign anM/WBE (Minority andWomen-Owned Business)policy and they endorsed itin 2007, but they didn’tadopt it until 2008,” accord-ing to Bond. The goal wasto award 32 percent of thecontracts to M/WBEs; how-

ever, reportedly the projectdid not reach the 20 percentbenchmark.

Other speakers suggestthe city is hesitant to engagein more lawsuits surround-ing this project having lostan earlier case.

“That’s what the problemhas been, the city is soafraid because they had ac-tually lost that lawsuit andthey are being sued againbecause they don’t have aproper legal standing tostand on and the actionshave already been taken,”Sanko Prioleau II, candidatefor the District 4 seat on theIrving Independent SchoolDistrict school board, said.

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add some fun to your mathtime. Even if you don’t doevery activity they recom-mend, they’ll help you teachmath well.

Grow your own mathskills

You don’t have to be amath whiz to help your childwith math, but it’s hard toguide what we don’t under-stand ourselves. If math wasalways a difficult subject foryou, there are a ton of goodresources out there to helpyou learn to teach math withconfidence.

If you like to learn byreading, I’ve put together abook list of my favoritebooks for moms who teachmath. Or, if your prefervideos, check out my videocourses at the Well-Edu-cated Mind Academy on el-ementary arithmetic.

Help your child feel asense of accomplishment

Imagine if you were toldyou had to learn to crochet a

scarf—but that you wouldbe working on crochetingthe same scarf, day afterday, lesson after lesson, forthe next 12 years! That’show math feels for manykids. Helping your child feela sense of accomplishmentin math prevents the dailyhomework struggle fromfeeling like unending drudg-ery.

Teach your child bothhow to do math and why

it worksIt feels good to get an-

swers right, but workingthrough procedures youdon’t understand—over andover, day in and day out—doesn’t provide much of afeeling of satisfaction. Kidsenjoy learning math morewhen they understand whatthey’re doing and get tohave those satisfying aha-moments when a conceptsuddenly clicks.

Encourage your child tothink about what she’s doing

and why. Help her see theconnections between whatshe’s learning and what shealready knows. And use ma-nipulatives to help makenew concepts concrete andvisual. When kids learnmath with understanding,they not only get more prob-lems right, but they also feela greater sense of pride andsatisfaction in their mathlearning.

Go over completed as-signments together

Don’t just correct math onyour own after child hasgone to play. Instead, maketime to go over completedassignments together. No-tice all the correct answersfirst, then analyze the incor-rect answers with yourchild. Ask your child to cor-rect any careless mistakesand work together on anyproblems your child hadtrouble with. If you discoverthat your child didn’t under-stand the concept well,make a note to tackle itagain the next day.

Looking over the work to-gether helps your child feelownership of his learningand a greater sense of re-sponsibility. Plus, you showyour child that learning frommistakes is part of the learn-ing process. This is espe-cially important for math-anxious kids: knowing thatit’s okay to make mistakescan help them take a deepbreath and relax as they dotheir math assignments,without the pressure to beperfect.

Celebrate your child’sprogress

When your child finishesa unit, go back through theunit with your child and talkabout the new skills yourchild has mastered. Whenyou’re working on mathfacts, make a chart of thefacts your child needs tolearn and have her crossthem the ones that she hasdown pat.

There you have it: Simpleways ways to help makemath more tolerable for your

math-hating child. Pick oneor two and give them a try inyour own home. I hope thatthey’ll help make math amore satisfying learning ex-perience for your child—and stop the daydreaming,tears, and tantrums as well!

Kate Snow is a matheducator on a mission tohelp parents raise kidswho are capable and con-fident in math. For moreinformation, please visit,www.kateshomeschool-math.com.

MATH, continued from Page 6

By Charlene Crowell

With 44 million con-sumers owing student debtthat now reaches $1.5 tril-lion and still climbing, a lotof people want to better un-derstand how and why thisunsustainable debt trajectorycan be better managed. ForBlack consumers who typi-cally have less family wealththan other races and ethnici-ties, borrowing is more fre-quent, and as a result, oftenleads to five figure debts forundergraduate programs andwell beyond $100,000 forgraduate or professional de-grees.

Besides deep debt in-curred to gain a college edu-cation, another sphere ofconcern presents yet anotherfinancial hurdle: studentloan defaults.

New research by JudithScott-Clayton of the Brook-ings Institution focuses onexplaining these defaults andwhat happens once theyoccur. Her research showsthat a large racial gap existsin default rates betweenBlack student loan borrow-

ers and their White counter-parts. This gap can only bepartially explained by con-trolling for multiple socio-economic and educationalattainment factors.

After accounting for vari-ations in family wealth andincome, differences in de-gree attainment, collegegrade point average andeven post-college incomeand employment, a stubbornand statistically significant11 percentage point gap re-mains between Black andWhite student loan borrow-ers. Before adjusting forthese factors, the gap is 28percent, with Black borrow-ers defaulting at a rate ofmore than double that ofWhites -- 49 percent com-pared to 21 percent over 12years.

The research also finds astrong disadvantage to at-tending for-profit colleges,in which Black students dis-proportionately enroll.More than a decade afterleaving school, and account-ing for the same backgroundand attainment factors listedabove, loan defaults of for-

profit college borrowers ex-ceed those of two--year pub-lic sector peers by 11 per-cent.

The author points to theneed to understand what in-fluences the “stark” remain-ing divide.

“The better we can under-stand what drives these pat-terns,” wrote Scott-Clayton,“the better policymakers cantarget their efforts to im-prove student loan out-comes.”

Among these influencesare the widening racialwealth gap. As Black studentdebt is typical heavier andoften takes longer to repay,the ability to build wealthbecomes a heightened chal-lenge. Years that might havebeen opportunities to be-come homeowners or beginother investments can havelengthy deferrals due tolarge student loan debts.

Similarly, a new report bythe Consumer Financial Pro-tection Bureau (CFPB) thatfocused largely on studentloan repayment reached asimilar conclusion. Authoredby Thomas Conkling, the

new CFPB research examin-ing borrowers who were un-able to fully repay their stu-dent loans early, “suggeststhat their required monthlystudent loan payments con-strained their ability to paydown other debts.” CFPBalso found that the typicalstudent loan repayment lastsa full decade with equalmonthly payments. Further,borrowers repaying onschedule are not more likelyto become first-time home-owners.

A portion of the Brook-ings report provides usefulinformation that could helpthose at risk or in default.Loan “default is a status, nota permanent characteristic.”Four ways to get out of de-fault are cited: rehabilitation,consolidation, paying in full,or have a loan discharged.

For my money, paying infull is seldom a practical op-tion unless someone’s lotterynumbers hit a jackpot. Butthe other three options of-fered could begin to chart apath in important ways.

Rehabilitation of studentloan defaults can only be

used one time. It also re-quires, according to Brook-ings, successfully making 9payments over 10 months.

A second option, consoli-dating defaulted loans, canend default more quicklyand is used by more thanhalf of Blacks who have de-faulted.

In recent years, loan dis-charge has been frequentlypursued, especially by for-mer students of now-defunctfor-profit institutions. Otherschoosing public service ca-reers may be eligible forloan forgiveness dependingupon the type of loan, ser-vicer assistance and employ-ment.

Any loan default willworsen credit scores and willbe a part of a consumer’scredit record for up to sevenyears. During this time, thecost of credit for other goodsand services will be higher,and additionally cost manyjob applicants to lose out onemployment opportunities.For several years, creditscore screening has becomea part of the job applicationprocess for many employers.

“The numbers show thatour current system is notworking, and that higher ed-ucation is not providing thepathway to financial stabil-ity that it once accom-plished,” said Ashley Har-rington, Policy Counsel andSpecial Assistant to the Pres-ident of the Center for Re-sponsible Lending. “Weneed federal and state poli-cymakers to take concretesteps to effectively addressthis crisis, such as better reg-ulation of for-profit colleges.

“As for loan servicers, it istime to hold them account-able for their errors,” contin-ued Harrington. “Standard-izing income-based repay-ment plans, and when appro-priate, refinancing of studentloans, should be offered asalternative options before al-lowing borrowers to de-fault.”

Charlene Crowell is theCommunications Deputy Di-rector with the Center forResponsible Lending. Shecan be reached at char-lene.crowell@responsible-lending.org.

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Racial divides found in student loan defaults

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July 2, 2018Ed Bell Construction is a Dallas based heavy highway contractordoing business in the North Texas market since 1963. With clientssuch as TxDOT, Dallas County Public Works, and the Cities ofDallas, Fort Worth, Richardson and Mansfield (plus many others),we have a strong backlog of work in the highway market locally.We are currently hiring for the following positions:• Mechanic• Crane Operator• Finisher (Paving)• Laborer (Underground)• Laborer (Utility) – Must have valid DL• CDL Driver (Haul Truck)• Finisher (Structures) – Must have valid DLAvailable: multiple openingsRate: NegotiableMust have own transportationYears of Experience required will vary, from 6 months to 2 years(depending on position)Physical and Drug Screen RequiredMust have a Clear BackgroundMust be at least 18 years old (CDL Driver, 21 yrs)

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BETHEL BIBLEFELLOWSHIP,CARROLLTON

(A PLACE TO BELONG)

NOTICE: Pastor Woodsonserves the community byproviding “ProfessionalTherapy and CounselingServices” on a “SlidingFee” scale. To schedule anappointment call the Pas-toral Counseling Center at972-526-4525 or email thechurch at www.bethelbible-felloswhip.org

Discover Hope and Help fordaily living; and, you don’thave to be a member tocome. The Connect-2-Re-flect (C2R) meetings areheld in comfortable and re-laxed homes, one in Car-rollton and one in Plano, re-freshments are served. Callthe church for details.

July 08, 9:45 a.m.Join us in our “Prayer andMeditation” at 9:45 am.You will be blessed and in-spired. You don’t want tomiss this as we celebrateservice to God, our commu-nity and all mankind. Also,

hear an inspiring word fromGod.

July 11, 7 p.m.Join us in Wednesday’sPrayer and Bible StudyClass with Senior PastorWoodson, Pastor LarryGardner, and others con-ducting a new book studywith “The Red Sea Rules”by Robert J. Morgan, 10God-Given Strategies forDifficult Times, with sup-porting chapters and verses.Spiritual maturity is God’sdesire for you; it’s Time toGrow in the Word of God.

Dr. Terrance Woodson,Senior Pastor1944 E. Hebron ParkwayCarrollton, TX 75007972-492-4300www.bethelbiblefellow-ship.org ______________________

FELLOWSHIPCHRISTIAN

CENTER CHURCH INALLEN

“THE SHIP”

July 08, 9 a.m.Join us in our Sunday

Morning Services as wepraise and worship God inthe Joycie Turner Fellow-ship Hall, followed by ourWorship Services; and bringsomeone with you, you willbe blessed. It’s for God’sglory and honor.

July 11Join us in our Wednesday’s12 Noon-Day Live, Prayerand Bible Study classand/or our WednesdayNight Live, Prayer andBible Study at 7 p.m. tolearn more about God’sWord. Be encouraged byGod’s plan for your matu-rity and His glory; and mostof all; be prepared to grow.

Dr. W. L. Stafford, Sr., Ed. D. Senior Pastor2450 K Avenue #300 Plano, TX 75074972-379-3287www.theship3c.org ______________________

INSPIRING BODY OFCHRIST CHURCH,

Let’s Go Fishing!MATTHEW 4:19

July 5, 7:30Tonight is our LeadershipTraining, those that are in-terested please join us.

July 6, 7 p.m.

All men are invited toMen’s Ministry meetingeach Friday night at 7 p.m.,(IBOC promotes proactivemale leadership.)

July 8, 10 a.m.Don’t forget to invite fam-ily and friends to join us forour Morning Service as wecelebrate our Lord and Sav-ior, Jesus Christ.

July 9, 7 p.m.Join us in Monday Schoolas we grow in God’s Wordand learn what God has tosay to us.

July 15, 3 pmMake plans to attend ourBaptism Center for ourBaptism.

Pastor Rickie Rush7701 S Westmoreland RoadDallas, TX 75237972-372-4262www.Ibocchurch.org______________________

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(Uniting the Body ofChrist Among Nations)

July 08, 10 a.m.Join us for Morning Wor-ship Service as we praiseand worship God for HisHonor and His glory. Don’t

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July 11, 7 p.m.You’re invited to ourWednesday’s Bible Studyclass; you will learn whatGod has to say to us. Cometo be encouraged by God’splan for your spiritualgrowth and His glory.

Dr. Sam Fenceroy, PhDSenior Pastor andPastor Gloria Fenceroy300 Chisholm PlacePlano, TX 75075972-633-5511www.mocop.org______________________

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Come and connect to Godthrough Shiloh; grow inChrist through the study ofGod’s Word; and Serve Godthrough service to eachother and to the world.John 12:26.

July 08You are invited to our an-nual Friends & Family Dayduring the 8 am & 11 am

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"Then Jesus was led up bythe Spirit into the wildernessto be tempted by the devil"(Matthew 4:1).

Jesus was led into thedesert by the Spirit to betempted by Satan! After 40days of fasting, when Jesuswas at his weakest physi-cally, Satan came to Him.He tempted Jesus in threeareas where you and I aremost tempted. Why wouldthe Father require this?Jesus needed to affirm toSatan who He was and fromwhom He gained His au-thority and provision.

Our Identity - "'If You arethe Son of God, throw Your-self down. For it is written:"He shall give His angelscharge over you," and, "Intheir hands they shall bearyou up, Lest you dash yourfoot against a stone."' Jesussaid to him, 'It is writtenagain, 'You shall not temptthe LORD your God.'"Jesus understood His iden-tity and refused to allowSatan to redefine Him. Donot allow Satan to defineyour identity from anyoneor anything other than God.

Our Authority - "Again,the devil took Jesus up on anexceedingly high mountainand showed Him all thekingdoms of the world andtheir glory. And he said toHim, 'All these things I willgive You if You will falldown and worship me.'Jesus said to him, 'Awayfrom me, Satan! For it iswritten: 'Worship the Lordyour God, and serve himonly.'" Jesus' authority wasrooted in doing only whatHe saw the Father do. Hedid not use fleshly authority.

Our Source of Provision –"And when He had fastedforty days and forty nights,afterward He was hungry.Now when the temptercame to Him, he said, 'IfYou are the Son of God,command that these stonesbecome bread.' But He an-swered and said, 'It is writ-ten, "Man shall not live bybread alone, but by everyword that proceeds from themouth of God."'"

Have you ever felt thatserving God had little re-ward and the ungodlyseemed actually to be moreblessed than you? This iswhat the people of God felt.God heard their cry and re-sponded through the prophetMalachi to explain God'sview on this matter.

Then those who fearedthe Lord talked with eachother, and the Lord listened

and heard. A scroll of re-membrance was written inHis presence concerningthose who feared the Lordand honored His name."They will be Mine," saysthe Lord Almighty, "in theday when I take up Mytreasured possession. I willspare them, just as in com-passion a man spares his sonwho serves him. And youwill again see the distinctionbetween the righteous andthe wicked, between those

who serve God and thosewho do not" (Malachi 3:16-18).

There is a day coming inwhich God will honor His"treasured possessions." Wewill see that there is a dis-tinction between the right-eous and the wicked on thatday when "the sun of right-eousness will rise with heal-ing in its wings. And youwill go out and leap likecalves released from thestall" (Malachi 4:2). What

a beautiful picture of whatwe will feel like on that day.

God rewards faithful obe-dience. It often requires pa-tience, suffering, and perse-verance. Be of good cheer;He will reward you if youfaint not.

Today, realize your iden-tify resides in being a son ordaughter of your HeavenlyFather. Your authority re-sides in being led by theHoly Spirit and your provi-sion comes from your Heav-enly Father.

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CHURCH, continued from Page 8Worship Services. SundaySchool will start at 8:30a.m. We would love to haveyou at our services.

July 11, 7 p.m. You’re invited to ourWednesday’s Bible Study tolearn more about God’sWord. Come and be en-couraged by God’s plan foryour maturity and growth;it’s all for His glory and Hishonor. We are, “Growing in

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Our church ministries offeropportunities for motivationand growth; join us and see.Be blessed of the Lord.

Dr. Isaiah Joshua, Jr.Senior Pastor920 E. 14th StreetPlano, TX 75074972-423-6695www.smbcplano.org

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