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Madison Wiley, of Forney, TX, has been named to the Central Penn College Dean’s List for the summer 2020 term. Wiley is currently majoring in Physical Therapist Assistant. To qualify for the designation, an undergraduate student must carry six or more credits and earn a grade-point average of 3.5 or better for the term.

By popular demand, the Dallas Arboretum has added additional evenings so that more people can visit the popular Autumn at the Arboretum festival, presented by Reliant. The festival runs through November 1st.

The story and legacy of World War II’s famed Tuskegee Airmen – America’s first Black, military pilots and their support personnel - is vividly told in “Rise Above: Red Tail Triumph Over Adversity”. The Commemorative Air Force’s traveling exhibit will be located at Terrell’s No. 1 British Flying Training School Museum, 119 Silent Wing’s Boulevard, Oct. 28 – Nov. 1.

All teachers and most of everyone else is aware that student behavior is at its most severe in the mainstream classroom. Personally, I have seen behavior classrooms that were more stable than some mainstream rooms. It shouldn’t be a surprise really. The societal decline going on around us doesn’t stop at the school steps. What’s happening in schools is a snapshot of what is happening in society. What teachers must endure to ensure their children learn is most unfortunate and often impossible to manage effectively.

The typical routine a school year brings has been lost this year, as students adjust to hybrid or fully remote learning models and everchanging reopening plans. According to McKinsey, 75% of the 50 largest school districts in the country decided to start remotely, and the UN estimates that 94% of the world’s student population has been impacted.

Being of German heritage, I always thought it was “something” that a singer named his son, “WOLFGANG,” and I, for a while, thought his 1st wife (Valerie Bertinelli, Barbara of One Day at a Time fame from 1975-1984) was the 2nd cutest and most likable girl in the world. (She was beaten out by my wife!)

Election Day is little less than a week away. As a citizen, you may feel the results will affect many aspects of life in this country. But as an investor, your situation probably won’t change after the votes are counted.

I was in 4th Grade; Mr. James T. Moses was our Principal; our teacher was Mrs. Lena Jones, and when I was out of classes for almost six weeks with mumps and then meningitis, she made several house calls to keep me caught up on class assignments.

The Toyota Bassmaster Texas Fest (TBTF) is heading back to Lake Fork for the second year in a row, bringing world class bass fishing, shopping, and a variety of outdoor activities to Texas’ most iconic bass fishing lake. The event is scheduled for Nov. 5-8 and benefits the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department.

The City of Mesquite’s Assistant City Attorney Detra Hill has been appointed by the Mesquite City Council to be the next Municipal Court Judge. On Nov. 13, Hill will become the first female and the first African American presiding municipal court judge in the history of Mesquite.

Our family used Netflix long before it was an ondemand service. In the early days, when our kids were young, we would go on our computer to their web site and pick movies we wanted to watch and put them in our “cache”. Movies would come in the mail and when we had watched them, we would send them back. As soon as Netflix would receive the movies, we had watch, they would send out the next movies in our “cache”.

Many images associated with Halloween feature a cloud-draped full moon in the background. Whether a witch is stirring her cauldron, bats are flying through the air or zombies are rising from a cemetery, a full moon is prominent in Halloween imagery. But just how common is a full moon on All Hallow’s Eve anyway? According to “The Farmer’s Almanac,” a Halloween full moon occurs only once every 18 to 19 years. Luckily for full moon lovers, they’ll get to witness two full moons in October 2020. The Full Harvest Moon took place on October 1, 2020, and marked the full moon nearest the autumnal equinox, which occurred on September 22 this year. In addition, the Full Hunter’s Moon rises on Halloween night. The second full moon also is known as a blue moon. This is when two full moons appear in a single month, something that happens on average every 2.5 to 3 years. This unusual and rare event is the basis behind the phrase “once in a blue moon.” Those who peer out at the full moon on Halloween will not notice a blue tinge to the moon, but it will be something that’s very uncommon. Try to catch the moon when it has first risen over the horizon, shortly after sunset, when something called the “moon illusion” is visible. When the moon is low and viewed in relation to trees and chimneys, the moon can seem more massive than when it is high in the sky. This can serve as the perfect backdrop for vivid Halloween photos.

The toothy grins of jacko’-lanterns are as much a part of Halloween as candy corn and costumes. Even though these carved pumpkins have become synonymous with Halloween, the festive gourds weren’t always tied to the October holiday.