Jason's Jive October 2023
What a month! Wish I had more space. Let me try to condense all that I have this month. A Jamaican proverb says, “Wha start bad a...
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JASON'S JIVE
Jason Inanga
- Aug 30
- 3 min
Jason's Jive September 2023
In my over 50 years on planet earth, I have never witnessed anything like this – talking about the heat. Last week, near the Love Field...
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Beltsville News
- Aug 8
- 2 min
Jason's Jive August 2023 By Jason Inanga
New Property Tax Credit for senior citizens In 2009, we helped pass a state law allowing the County to cut property taxes for senior...
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Beltsville News
- May 23
- 3 min
Jason's Jive June 2023 By Jason Inanga
I just turned 53 years old, and I am thankful and grateful to be alive and in relatively good health. God has blessed me in many ways,...
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Beltsville News
- Mar 29
- 3 min
Jason's Jive April 2023 By Jason Inanga
Communication has changed in recent times. I recently went to an establishment to eat and observed around me, there was a table with some...
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Beltsville News
- Jan 25
- 3 min
Jason's Jive February 2023 By Jason Inanga
Welcome to January. I am excited about this new year and all the blessings it has in store for all of us. It will no doubt be filled with...
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Beltsville News
- Dec 19, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive January 2023 By Jason Inanga
I will start off with a brief story. A medical doctor friend of mine in Dallas, recently met a young man from Venezuela, Franklyn...
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Beltsville News
- Nov 29, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive December 2022 By Jason Inanga
Let me start off with a recent situation that I just encountered on November 14 in Dallas. I had literally finished my day on road,...
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Beltsville News
- Nov 3, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive November 2022 By Jason Inanga
Let me start with this so that it does not get lost in the body of this piece. An interesting job opportunity has arisen in Dallas,...
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Beltsville News
- Sep 30, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive October 2022 By Jason Inanga
Texas is an interesting place. This week, a grocery chain, H.E.B opened a large store in the Frisco part of North Dallas. An...
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Beltsville News
- Sep 1, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive September 2022 By Jason Inanga
My apologies for not having a column last month, the person I was to feature had a last-minute cancellation and I did not have enough...
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Beltsville News
- Jul 10, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive July 2022 By Jason Inanga
Greetings from Dallas! We are virtually at the halfway mark of the year! Let us be thankful for small mercies and appreciate that we have...
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Beltsville News
- May 27, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive June 2022 By Jason Inanga
Let me share this experience with you. You probably know about how tourists go down to the Caribbean and hook up with members of the...
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Beltsville News
- May 6, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive May 2022 By Jason Inanga
Straight down to business! Here listening to the story of Billy Paul on You Tube, on the series UNSUNG. I have enjoyed these series on...
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Beltsville News
- Mar 28, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive April 2022 By Jason Inanga
That time of the month again. How has your month been? Here in Dallas, we have finally turned the curve from the season of cold weather...
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Beltsville News
- Mar 1, 2022
- 3 min
Jason's Jive March 2022 By Jason Inanga
Happy New Year! Let me get straight into it. From March, I am going to start a slight change to this column and will feature very brief...
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Beltsville News
- Dec 31, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive January 2022 By Jason Inanga
Compliments of the holiday season to you. By God’s grace we have made it to the end of another year, filled with its mix of fun and...
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Beltsville News
- Dec 1, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive December 2021 By Jason Inanga
“Stay In Your Lane.” This is a popular saying I have heard from people older than me, and I learned what it means, recently. In Texas,...
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Beltsville News
- Nov 2, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive November 2021 By Jason Inanga
Wow! A bicycle for over $5, 100. Yes, I was as startled as you are. I took my son’s bicycle to a shop near my house to get some repairs...
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Beltsville News
- Sep 26, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive October 2021 By Jason Inanga
Did I miss something while I slept? What has changed in the country? I dropped my son to school this morning and stopped at a gas station...
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Beltsville News
- Aug 31, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive September 2021 By Jason Inanga
How are you doing? I am fine. Happy the 100-degree weather is almost over here in Dallas. It has been HOT. I can appreciate the cool...
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Beltsville News
- Jul 28, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive August 2021 By Jason Inanga
Olwak Jenaro! Permit me to introduce this young author to you. We had a chance meeting in Dallas in early July 2021. His book, “Shufto”...
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Beltsville News
- Jun 24, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive July 2021 By Jason Inanga
It’s that time of the month again, where I can sit and share part of my world with you. I will start by congratulating all parents,...
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Beltsville News
- May 28, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive June 2021 By Jason Inanga
In a lighter mood, I was having a conversation with a coworker towards the end of May, and I had a very random childhood memory. My late...
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Beltsville News
- Apr 30, 2021
- 4 min
Jason's Jive May 2021 By Jason Inanga
This month I was going to dedicate Jason’s Jive to a situation that happened in Dallas, close to where I live. I will leave that for...
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Beltsville News
- Mar 28, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive April 2021 By Jason Inanga
So, Texas is officially opened up! We never really shut down as through the pandemic, a lot of people were still up and about. Through my...
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Beltsville News
- Jan 31, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive February 2021 By Jason Inanga (Online Exclusive)
Happy New Year. Let us jump straight into things. I was wondering what I would write about this month. While pondering, I came across an...
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Beltsville News
- Jan 1, 2021
- 3 min
Jason's Jive January 2021 By Jason Inanga
Dear Reader, how are you doing? It’s been a very interesting year—so much has happened around us and we must be thankful that we are...
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Beltsville News
- Nov 25, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive December 2020 By Jason Inanga
As we observe the period of Thanksgiving, we have so much to be thankful for in the midst of all the global events around us. Please...
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Beltsville News
- Nov 2, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive November 2020 By Jason Inanga
How are you today? A slight change from the regular Jive this month. Recent events in my country of birth, Nigeria, have propelled me to...
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Beltsville News
- Sep 25, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive October 2020 By Jason Inanga
On my way to work, I have a 40-minute commute from McKinney, where I live, to the part of Irving, where I work, right next to a portion...
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Beltsville News
- Aug 1, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive August 2020 By Jason Inanga
Let me do something different—Ride Share! I have been doing this for over five years. Here I will share some interesting stories. On a...
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Beltsville News
- Jun 26, 2020
- 2 min
Jason's Jive July 2020
My first tornado experience in October 2019 in Dallas was scary. I had just left the vicinity of the Dallas Love Field Airport, headed...
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Beltsville News
- Jun 26, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive June 2020
As I write, the state of Texas, where I live, has virtually reopened after being relatively shut down due to the pandemic. I know it has...
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Jason Inanga
- Apr 23, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive May 2020
I am not going to bore you with all the COVID-19 information making the rounds on social media. It just shows you what some people do...
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Jason Inanga
- Mar 27, 2020
- 2 min
Jason's Jive April 2020
This month I am going to share with you something special. In June 2019, a friend of mine, Malcolm Schweizer, was on a sailboat trip in...
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Jason Inanga
- Mar 2, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive March 2020
Let me get straight into things. Life in Texas is so much fun and busy. I have seen a lot and continue to learn. The weekend of February...
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Jason Inanga
- Mar 2, 2020
- 3 min
Jason's Jive: March 2020
Let me get straight into things. Life in Texas is so much fun and busy. I have seen a lot and continue to learn. The weekend of February...
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Jason Inanga
- Dec 2, 2019
- 3 min
Jason's Jive: December 2019
Welcome to another Jive. I am experimenting to see if I can just leave a link in the main printed paper and then have you go online to...
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Jason Inanga
- Nov 1, 2019
- 3 min
Jason's Jive: November 2019
My dear reader, I never got to say goodbye, but the month of October has seen me relocate from Beltsville to Dallas. I accepted a...
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Jason Inanga
- Sep 28, 2019
- 2 min
Jason's Jive: October 2019
Beltsville is changing right before our eyes. To me, this is a nice development. I know some readers would prefer the old, quiet...
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Jason Inanga
- Sep 9, 2019
- 3 min
Jason's Jive: September 2019
Good day, my dear reader. Please forgive my forgetfulness. I did indicate that I would share my amusement park experience with you....
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Jason Inanga
- Aug 10, 2019
- 2 min
Jason's Jive: August 2019
Sometimes I sit down to write, and the hardest thing is what to focus on this month. On a daily basis I see a lot of things—crime in...
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Jason Inanga
- Jul 1, 2019
- 2 min
Jason's Jive: July 2019
Dear Reader, I am back. Sorry for my unannounced absence last month. My father passed away on May 31, after battling an illness for the...
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Jason Inanga
- May 12, 2019
- 2 min
Jason's Jive: May 2019
Let’s get straight into it. MUSIC! I sit to write the “Jive,” and I am listening to some jazz I stumbled upon over the weekend. Ronny...
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Jason Inanga
- Apr 1, 2019
- 3 min
Jason's Jive: April 2019
Teenagers! I am sure this is one word that will make you reflect on your time when you were younger and the trouble you gave your...
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Jason Inanga
- Mar 1, 2019
- 3 min
Jason's Jive: March 2019
Well, hello my dear reader and welcome to another issue of Jason’s Jive. As I sit and start this Jive, we are getting ready for a...
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Jason Inanga
- Jan 25, 2019
- 3 min
Jason's Jive: February 2019
Happy New Year and welcome to another “Jive.” Let's get straight into it. Netflix! I don't know how many of you, my dear readers, watch...
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Jason Inanga
- Jan 23, 2019
- 5 min
Jason's Jive: January 2019
Writing a column is a lot of fun, especially when you get feedback from the readers. So to my reader Yolanda, who was kind enough to tell...
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Jason Inanga
- Jan 23, 2019
- 5 min
Jason's Jive: December 2018
Good day my dear reader. How has your month been? Also, how was your Thanksgiving Holiday? There is nothing like being able to relax with...
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