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JASON'S JIVE Jason Inanga Apr 2 2 min Jason's Jive April 2024 (online exclusive) Dear Reader, it is so nice to be back again. It has been a whirlwind of days for me, many days. Thankfully I am picking up the pieces... 5 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Jason Inanga Feb 29 4 min Jason's Jive March 2024 Happy New Year. Many of us have childhood friends and memories of interacting with these friends. I feel it is a blessing to see these... 5 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Jason Inanga Jan 23 4 min Jason's Jive February 2024 Happy New Year. Many of us have childhood friends and memories of interacting with these friends. I feel it is a blessing to see these... 4 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Jason Inanga Dec 20, 2023 3 min Jason's Jive January 2024 This month I am dedicating my column to a young lady in Beltsville, who has consistently excelled in many areas. Recently, her mother... 5 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Jason Inanga Nov 21, 2023 3 min Jason's Jive December 2023 I am so sorry for not being able to have a column last month. I had a few challenges at work as we had a top Corporate Executive spend... 3 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Jason Inanga Sep 27, 2023 3 min 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... 5 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Jason Inanga Aug 30, 2023 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... 7 views 1 comment Post not marked as liked Beltsville News Aug 8, 2023 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... 4 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Beltsville News May 23, 2023 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,... 15 views 0 comments 2 likes. Post not marked as liked 2 Beltsville News Mar 29, 2023 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... 3 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked Beltsville News Jan 25, 2023 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... 20 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 8 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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,... 12 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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,... 0 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 5 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 10 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 7 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 8 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 11 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 3 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 12 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 9 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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,... 4 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 3 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 4 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 9 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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”... 7 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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,... 1 view 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 13 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 6 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 16 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 7 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 7 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 4 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 3 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 3 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 35 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 7 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 5 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 10 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 48 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 5 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 4 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 8 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 17 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 10 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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.... 11 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 22 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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... 13 views 0 comments Post not marked as liked 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. 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