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Hunting season throughout Texas is already in full swing but Texas Parks and Wildlife Department’s (TPWD) Community Archery Program aims to help future hunters prepare for next season or find a hobby with archery sports. Adaptive and accessible to most any audience, the program helps to facilitate the spread of archery skills to those hoping to bring home a meal of wild game, competitive archers and even target shooters who simply enjoy the social and health benefits that the sport has to offer.

Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) wants to remind hunters to report their harvests during the upcoming antlerless deer season, Nov 26 — 29.

Forney Families really stepped up again this year with donations during the 2020 Forney ISD Pack the Pantry Food Drive to benefit the Forney Food Pantry.

On Saturday, October 24, 2020 at about 10:15pm, members of the Forney Police Department were dispatched to a local Dollar General Store in reference to an Aggravated Robbery that had already occurred. Two black males armed with handguns forced entry into the store, taking cash from the register. One suspect removed children from a vehicle in the parking lot and forced them inside the store. A single shot was fired into the ceiling by one of the suspects. No injuries were reported, and Forney Police Investigators have been working with other law enforcement jurisdictions who have recently experienced similar offenses. On Thursday November 12th Detectives with the Forney Police Criminal Investigations Divisions identified the two suspects and obtained arrest warrants for:

Those who go above and beyond to make a difference in the lives of others are rarely in it for recognition. However, in this especially challenging year, the holiday season is a perfect time to not just show these selfless people your appreciation, but also take inspiration from their kindness. Here are five simple ways to thank the everyday heroes in your life.

Thanksgiving is next week. The year 2020 has both flown and dragged by for many people but the Forney Education Foundation has been busy all year. Even though the world changed drastically in March, FEF kept up with the wonderful teachers who had their grants funded as well as ways to continue getting funding for the next school year’s teacher grants and student reimbursements. The school district received great news from Dallas College this past September that all dual credit students at Forney and North Forney were going to receive a full scholarship for their classes so the only expense they faced were for the textbooks. Also, Forney ISD community and staff will receive in-district tuition rates for Dallas College courses taught at Forney ISD. This wonderful announcement meant that funds that FEF would have used for dual credit scholarships could be used to pay for the test all students have to take to see if they can take college classes.

Which President made popular the use of, and maybe even “coined,” the following words or phrases in parentheses?

As holiday shopping season kicks into high gear, retailers who use apps and mobile responsive websites to reach more customers may benefit by making a concerted effort to reach older shoppers. According to Nielsen’s Mobile Measurement, 26 percent of the more than 100 million mobile shoppers are 55 and older, while an additional 40 percent are between the ages of 25 and 44. Those figures might surprise some retailers who are quick to associate mobile shopping with digital-native Millennials. Nielsen’s Fourth-Quarter 2018 Mobile Multicultural Insights report even noted that Hispanics are more inclined to shop via mobile than non-Hispanic, white smartphone owners. Retailers may also be interested to know that more and more shoppers are turning to apps instead of websites to do their shopping. Between the fourth quarter of 2017 and the fourth quarter of 2018, Nielsen reports that 101.4 million smartphone users accessed a shopping app. By the fourth quarter of 2017, that figure had risen to 109.9 million users.

“The Founding Fathers had to compromise when it came to devising a system to elect the President.” Dave Roos—7/15/19, updated—11/02/20

We had been enjoying Kevin Costner in the television series, Yellowstone, and were pleased to see that he was one of the, if not the main, stars in a movie that we were about to view on the big screen. Let Him Go stars Diane Lane, Kevin Costner, and Lesley Manville, and each one is memorable for differing reasons that become more and more apparent as the show progresses.

It’s almost Thanksgiving. And although 2020 may have been a difficult year for you, as it has been for many people, you can probably still find things for which you can be thankful – such as your family. How can you show your appreciation for your loved ones?

*Information for this article has been gleaned mostly from Flook’s Forney Country, still on sale at the Spellman Museum in person or on-line.*

Some folks schedule hunting and fishing trips months in advance, which is a necessity for trips that require travel. This coming summer, I’m planning to fish up in northwestern Saskatchewan, for giant northern pike and lake trout, assuming the border reopens. I will be fishing with friends at Tazin Lake Lodge which is a ‘fly in’ destination with float plane being the only viable means of getting there. I’m also planning a roe deer hunt in Poland next September with Al Lou, a biologist friend of mine that owns land in the Black Forest of Germany. This will be my first time to hunt this ‘Old World’ species of deer. These destinations obviously require a good bit of planning. While it’s exciting to make plans for these distant outdoor destinations, I truly have just as much fun planning for hunting/ fishing trips closer to home. With the general deer season now underway, I’m sure many of you have plans to put some venison in the freezer in upcoming weeks.