MESH is also engaged in an annual fundraising
campaign, "Keep the Light Shining Bright," which provides funds to
support operations and services. Helping citizens understand the underlying factors that have
led some to mistakenly conclude that racial profiling exists on an
endemic level in Texas law enforcement.

TMPA Executive Director Chris Heaton summarized the organization's
position on the issue, "Police officers do not control where and by
whom crime occurs. Members of the media are
encouraged to attend the testimony and are invited to schedule
one-on-one interviews with TMPA representatives by calling Stacy
Armijo at 512-791-9325.

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+ Mrs. The results are crime statistics , not racial profiling.

Fraternal organizations identify themselves as brotherhoods and/or sisterhoods , with lifetime memberships, shared ideals and principles, and ritualistic traditions.

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Frank Stone of
Rolesville, moved in shortly thereafter. They react to violations and victim reports of
crime .'
This is not an honest attempt to identify racism.

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C. In its testimony, TMPA will refute the premise of the bill that
racial profiling is a systemic problem in Texas law enforcement and
explain how creation of such an institute would serve only to further
divide communities and intensify racial tensions in Texas.

About the Texas Municipal Police Association

TMPA is a full-service law enforcement organization representing
all ranks of peace officers and public safety personnel .

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" He
continued, "The elephant in the room that no one has the courage to
recognize, for fear of being labeled a racist, is that more crime
occurs in minority communities -- by minorities, against minorities.

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For more information
about TMPA, visit www.

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The idea for MESH began in 1904 when a
Mason from Greensboro, O. One of their fellow Masons was living in the
county-run retirement home because his need for financial assistance
was beyond his means as well as the means of his Masonic lodge .
Their best hope for long term care assurance has been their dues card
as members of these two great fraternities.

News Editors/Criminal Justice Writers

AUSTIN, Texas----The Texas
Municipal Police Association (TMPA) will testify today before the
Senate Committee on Criminal Justice in opposition to Senate Bill
1503, which would create an institute to study racial profiling in
Texas.

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Community Editors

GREENSBORO, N.

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The Masonic + Eastern Star Home (MESH) founded
by the Grand Lodge of North Carolina (the Masons) and the Grand
Chapter of North Carolina, Order of the Eastern Star, first
incorporated in June of 1910. Monroe, visited with his fraternal
brothers in Moore County. The first building was
completed in 1913 at a cost of $22,000, and could accommodate 35
residents . Demonstrating that no agreed-upon definition of racial
profiling even exists, thus attempts to identify and remedy it are
wholly invalid,
2." He continued,
"Without ever taking steps to determine if racial profiling exists,
the bill assumes that conclusion by requiring the institute to produce
biannual reports on 'ways to reduce or eliminate racial profiling.

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"The Masons and Eastern Star members in North Carolina have made a
long-lasting and invaluable contribution over the past 95 years ," said
Governor Jim Martin, chairman of the Keep the Light Shining Bright
campaign.
Unheard of in charitable retirement homes in North Carolina, and
through its charitable mission, MESH subsidizes 150 residents.

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The first MESH residents, Mr. The most recent improvement
was the replacement of the Care and Wellness Center in 1999.
For a historical timeline or images, please contact Karen Whichard
at 704-782-3244, ext.

TMPA Announces Opposition to Senate Bill 1503; to Testify before Committee on Racial Profiling; Police Group Believes Institute will Divide Communities Propag

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MESH is also the oldest Masonic and
Eastern Star retirement community in the United States."
MESH, still located on the same plot of land in Greensboro where
it started, currently serves 250 residents. 109 or via e-mail at kwhichard@wmamarketing. For more information, please visit
www.

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Services range from independent living patio homes and apartments to
assisted living to intermediate care to skilled nursing care .

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The new
facility includes a therapeutic pool, Alzheimer's and dementia
service, nursing, and intermediate care.
Founded in 1910, MESH has provided a good place to call home for
eligible residents since 1913.

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North Carolina Masonic + Eastern Star Home Marks 95th Anniversary This Year

"Many of our residents have lived longer than their assets. The funds raised will go towards serving residents and
improving services. "Lawmakers are asking citizens to take a
giant leap in the sociological process by creating an entire
institution to study something that does not exist.

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W. In addition, the few studies that do purport to
"prove" racial profiling cite within their own executive summaries
that the data contained within the studies is invalid, yet continue to
make conclusions based upon it.

These organizations may be formed with different purposes, including social interaction, public service, or mutual benefit (such as financial services or insurance for members).

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One primary cause for this is that
even today there is no agreed-upon, scientific definition of what
racial profiling is.

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About MESH

The Masonic and Eastern Star Home (MESH) of North Carolina, Inc."
Despite the intense amount of attention racial profiling has
received in recent years, TMPA asserts that no one has proven its
existence in Texas law enforcement.
"TMPA's primary reason for opposing SB 1503 is that the
institution created by the bill perpetuates the fallacy of racial
profiling ," said Heaton.tmpa.

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"An integral part of being a Mason and an Eastern Star member is
fulfilling a fraternal obligation to care for our members in need as
well as their family members," said John Rose, CEO/Administrator of
MESH. "Through their generous financial support, MESH has
continued to grow and has never shrunk from its obligations to offer
the best quality care, security for residents , and a wonderful
community.

TMPA will support its position by:

1.
Our communities must come to terms with this reality and work together
to solve the problem, not use meaningless frequency data twisted to
paint honest officers as racists in what amounts to a witch hunt at
the expense of our communities' safety."
TMPA will expand on these issues and others in testimony tomorrow
to the Senate Committee on Criminal Justice. TMPA was
founded in 1950 and has more than 11,000 members.

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----North Carolina's
oldest non-profit retirement community will celebrate its 95th
Anniversary this year. Many of those served might otherwise have been dependent
upon welfare programs funded by the public tax dollar. The six million dollar cost
of the newest building in the complex was paid for entirely through
donations.,
is a licensed continuing care retirement community (CCRC) located in
Greensboro, North Carolina.meshhome.org

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It is a politically
motivated attack by special interest groups with an anti-law
enforcement agenda.

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"
To mark the 95th Anniversary, MESH will form committees to plan
and execute a formal dinner and other activities in late summer or
early fall. Showing how current studies that claim to "prove" the existence
of racial profiling in Texas are fundamentally flawed and, as a
result, scientifically insignificant , and
3.

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MESH offers a continuum of opportunities
and services ranging from totally private fully independent
arrangements, assisted living, and skilled nursing care -- all on one
campus.

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A fully licensed continuing care retirement community (CCRC), MESH
serves Masons and their family members and has residents from
throughout North Carolina.

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