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Pets of the Week
Burgess on House Energy Committee
Panel has
jurisdiction over
health issues
Mac
Toby
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WASHINGTON — U.S. Rep.
Michael C. Burgess, R-Flower
Mound, has been appointed to
the Energy and Commerce
Committee for the 109th
Congress, which began work on
Tuesday.
The House Republican
Steering Committee, which
includes Speaker Dennis Hastert,
R-Ill., and Majority Leader Tom
DeLay, R-Sugar Land, made the
official announcement today.
“This is indeed a great honor
for me to have been selected for
this prestigious committee,
“Burgess said upon hearing the
news. “As a physician, there is no
better committee on which I
could serve given the Energy and
Commerce Committee’s jurisdic-
tion, and I believe I can truly be
an asset as the committee tack-
les health
care con-
cerns facing
our nation. I
dedicated
the first half
of my pro-
fessional life
to medicine,
and now I
will be able
to dedicate
the second
Michael Burgess
half
to
improving health care for all.”
Burgess’ responsibilities on
the Energy and Commerce
Committee will include jurisdic-
tion over legislation relating to
health care, international trade,
telecommunications, and energy.
The committee has oversight
over the National Institutes of
Health, the Department of Health
and Human Services, the
Department of Energy, and the
Federal Communications
Commission.
“I’m pleased to have a fellow
Texan, who is also a doctor, join-
ing my panel,” said Chairman Joe
Barton, R-Ennis. “There are
many challenges ahead in
Congress where Rep. Burgess’
expertise and unique insights
can play a critical role.”
Burgess said he is looking for-
ward to working with Barton and
his colleagues on the committee
to improve the Medicaid pro-
gram, the National Institutes of
Health, and monitor the imple-
mentation of the Medicare pre-
scription drug benefit enacted by
the 108th Congress. In addition,
the Energy and Commerce
Committee will devote time to
the creation of a robust national
energy policy and modifying the
1996 Telecommunications Act,
which are high priorities for
Congressman Burgess.
“The medical community will
be well served by Congressman
Burgess’ appointment,” said Dr.
Kern Wildenthal, President of the
University of Texas
Southwestern Medical Center. “I
know how important it is to
Congressman Burgess to
improve the quality of medical
research and patient care in this
country, and the Committee will
rely on his background and
expertise.”
Burgess is also chairman of
the Republican House Policy
Committee’s Subcommittee of
Health.
Mac is a two-year-old border
collie who may be a little on the
fluffy side, but that’s nothing
some exercise can’t fix! He
loves to run, is playful and obe-
dient, and is eager to please,
too. Once a stray, he has been
waiting at the SPCA of Texas in
The Colony to meet his new
best friend since December 12.
Tobi is a two-year-old male
American Short Hair. Calm,
cool and collected, he’s one
good kitty who is looking for the
purr-fect home to share. Once a
stray, he has been waiting at
the SPCA of Texas in The
Colony to meet his new best
friend since December 28.
Mac and Tobi are waiting to
meet you at the SPCA of
Texas in The Colony; 4720 E.
Lake Highlands Blvd. Hours
are M-F, 9 a.m. to 7 p.m.,
Saturdays 9 to 6 and
Sundays Noon to 6. Adoption
fees are $185 for small dogs
under 35 lbs, $90 for large dogs
over 35 lbs and $50 for VIP
dogs (those who have been
waiting for a home for over 30
days) and $80 for cats and kit-
tens and $50 for VIP cats,
which includes spay/neuter
surgery, all age-appropriate
shots, a heartworm test for
dogs, a microchip and a free
leash or cat carrier. Call 972-
Marchant named to education,transportation
government reform panels in Congress
625-5545 or
www.spca.org.
visit
-OBITUARIES
FROM STAFF REPORTS
WASHINGTON — New U.S.
Rep. Kenny Marchant, R-Coppell,
will serve on the Transportation
and Infrastructure Committee,
the Education and Workforce
Committee, and the Government
Reform Committee for the 109th
Congress, his office announced
on Friday.
Marchant’s 24th District
includes part of The Colony
south of State Highway 121. He
was sworn into Congress on Jan.
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Ten years of specialized experience serving
families in the Metroplex area.
to
4 after years as a state represen-
tative.
“This is an excellent opportu-
nity to serve on three commit-
tees that have a tremendous
impact on the daily lives for peo-
ple of North Texas,” said
Marchant, upon learning of his
assignment.
Marchant replaces Rep.
Michael Burgess, R-Flower
Mound, on the Transportation
and Government Reform com-
mittees. Burgess, whose 26th
District included all of The
Colony before last year’s redis-
tricting shifted boundaries, gave
up his seats on those panels and
the Science Committee to take a
post on the powerful Energy and
Commerce Committee.
Because transportation being
a critical issue for the 24th
District, Marchant’s committee
appointments come as good
news for Metroplex residents,
according to a statement from
his office. Dallas/Fort Worth
International Airport is located
within the region, and traffic is a
chronic problem for North
Texans. This committee spot will
allow Marchant direct influence
over funding and solutions to
transportation problems in the
area.
“By being a member of this
committee, I hope to funnel the
federal dollars into the district
that we deserve in order to ease
traffic congestion,” Marchant
stated. He also pledged to use his
position on Transportation to
provide even more support for
D/FW Airport and its employees.
The Transportation and
Infrastructure Committee has
jurisdiction over aviation, Coast
Guard and maritime transporta-
tion, economic development,
public buildings, and emergency
management, highways, transit,
and pipelines, railroads, and
water resources and environ-
ment. The chairman is Rep. Don
Young, R-Alaska.
As a member of the
Committee on Education and
Workforce, Marchant will help
oversee federal programs and
initiatives at all levels - from
preschool to higher education.
The committee also monitors
workforce initiatives that
strengthen health care, job train-
ing, and retirement security for
workers.
Among the top priorities for
the Education Conunittee during
the 109th session, the statement
said, will be the Workforce
Investment Act, which is up for
reauthorization, and strengthen-
ing job training programs. The
No Child Left Behind Act, a leg-
islative overhaul of the
Elementary and Secondary
Education Act that was passed in
2001, will continue to be a press-
ing topic in the 109th as well.
The Government Reform
Committee monitors govern-
ment operations and activities in
order to determine their value
and efficiency. The committee
serves as Congress’s primary
investigative and oversight arm
of the federal government and
possesses government-wide
jurisdiction.
“My seat on the Government
Reform Committee gives me a
chance to ensure that the gov-
ernment is as reactive as possi-
ble to the needs of my con-
stituents and all Americans,” said
Marchant.
“I am grateful to both Speaker
Dennis Hastert and Majority
Leader Tom Delay and honored
to represent District 24 on the
Transportation, Education, and
Government
Reform
Committees. I look forward to
the task ahead.”
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WSPAPERS
BY SARAH PILAND
STAFF WRITER
Today more than 150 people
are meeting at Westside Baptist
Church in Lewisville in an
attempt to begin a serious turn-
around in their lives.
Dr. Steven B. Davidson,
director of counseling at the
church and director and
founder of the National
Association of Certified Christ-
based Counselors, is leading a
seminar called Christ-based
Weight Management - a pro-
gram he says has already
helped current participants
lose over 2,000 pounds com-
bined in seven months.
Davidson is changing peo-
ple’s minds about what he
believes is the right way to lose
weight through books and sem-
inars like the one today.
“It’s completely counter to
culture,” Davidson said of the
program. “We are constantly
eating. In laying out the pro-
gram, it begins with an analysis
of the origin of man in the book
of Genesis, which I refer to as
the ‘book of our genes.’ We dis-
cover there that the first prohi-
bition dealt with eating. The
first sin dealt with eating. And
the first curses dealt with eat-
ing. From that point on, eating
for all intensive purposes is a
diabolical scheme to kill God’s
people when it’s not in control.
“Unlike the obvious kinds of
things, adultery, lying, stealing
- eating is the most devastating
and subtle of them all. Now we
can clearly see this. Even the
poorest of us will eat. That’s the
reason why the one of the open-
ing segments of the book is
‘Eating Ourselves to Death.’”
they are not satisfied with how
they look or feel physically.
Flower Mound resident
Marilyn Locket knows what it’s
like to endure the symptoms of
being overweight. She tried
every diet program she could
find from Jenny Craig to Weight
Watchers to Nutrisystems and
even managed to lose up to 70
pounds at times.
“I paid for all that,” Locket
said. “But it always came back.
I couldn’t keep it off. Those
weren’t a lifestyle for me. They
were a diet. And diets have
never worked.”
Locket found the lifestyle
change she was looking for in
the Christ-based weight man-
agement program with
Davidson. She said she went in
to the program a skeptic and
vowed not to exercise, saying
she hadn’t had any physical
activity in years up to that
point.
But right away Locket began
exercise - starting at as little at
10 minutes a day, she is now up
to 45 minutes, five times a week
on the treadmill and exercise
bike.
Locket started the program
in February 2004 and has lost
66 pounds to date. She says she
still has more to go, but that she
knows she’s on the right track.
“I have amazing clarity of
mind and an extreme change in
lifestyle,” Locket, who fasts
four days a week on broth, veg-
etable juices, yogurt, soy milk
and water, said. “I don’t have to
buy special foods. I don’t need
all these other things I thought I
needed. The mindset I’ve devel-
oped is how to trust and have
faith in God about everything in
my life. We sometimes have a
tendency to limit God to certain
areas of our life. Everything I
want to accomplish in my life I
can. I use to be a reward eater.
Dr. Steven B. Davidson
I look good. And that’s a gift
from him (God). People say, ‘I
see a change in you. You seem
happier.’ I have a lot more ener-
gy. I don’t let things worry me.
When you’re carrying around a
weight, physical or mental, it
will drag you down.”
Locket and the many others
who have found success
through Davidson’s fasting and
praying, Bible-based system
believe Davidson’s encourage-
ment and wisdom has played a
big role in their achievements.
“He is such a positive
teacher,” Locket said about
Davidson. “He’s a realist about
helping you see through the
fog. I’ve always felt a sense of
trust, that he would help me
find that focus. He’s been a part
of the spiritual growth of the
mental and physical well-being
in my life for a few years now
through some of his other pro-
grams.
“And he’s really smart. My
other thing is that he has all of
Davidson
emphasizes
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removing the focus from the
food and putting that focus on
God. He says there are dietary
rules in the Bible, but that
focusing on a diet is not the
way to lose the sometimes hun-
dreds of pounds people need to
lose to become healthy.
“Diets are basically eating
plans,” Davidson said. “Eating
is the problem. Therefore peo-
ple have to be empowered so
that they can dramatically
reduce eating. And Christ-
based weight management does
that. Our motto is: We don’t
diet. We live by it - the Living
Bread.”
Quite a few of the people
Davidson works with are liter-
ally facing life-threatening
problems as a result of being
overweight. At the very least,
their energy levels are low,
their quality of life is low and
When I think I’ve done a great these clinical and spiritual
job, I used to reward myself accolades for his experience,
with food. He’s (God) shown But he’s the kind of person
me how to replace that. I don’t who’s very easy to talk to.
have to eat for comfort or for You’re never intimidated.”
rewards. I have discipline.” The program is conducted
Locket was diagnosed with over a year period in which
type two diabetes in 1997 as a participants meet regularly
result of being sedentary and with support groups in person
“eating all the wrong things.” or on the Internet or telephone
Her blood sugar was up to 11.9, and have meetings with men-
which is twice the normal level, tors who monitor their
She went to the doctor in May, progress.
four months after starting the Davidson started Christ-
program, and her levels were based Counseling almost 12
down to 8. By September, her years ago and has trained coun-
reading was normal at 6. selors from across the United
Locket still goes for regular States. He has several different
checkups every three-to-four programs on topics such as
weeks, but only for monitoring, marriage, geriatric support,
She’s been able to eliminate a deliverance from addictions
number of medications from and child development and has
her daily regimen. written several books including
“I’m 52 years old. I had some one on weight loss.
bad habits and they were well- For more information on
ingrained,” Locket said. “But Davidson and his programs,
now, and I don’t want this to visit the Web site at
sound vain, but I look good! I’ve www.christbasedcounseling.or
heard from so many people that g.
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