Dallas County Releases Records Showing Judical Candidate Rick Harrison Has Been Arrested & Convicted Multiple Times For DWI
The 2024 Toyota Share-Lunker program was full speed ahead and produced an exceptional collection season for the fourth consecutive year.
Luke has left a strip of trees and brush along the perimeter of his property that provides both food and cover for birds and wildlife such as this hen turkey.
WITH LUKE CLAYTON
Spend the holiday weekend at the Dallas Arboretum and Botanical Garden during Memorial Day Family Fun Weekend, presented by Primrose Schools in Dallas – Fort Worth. Stroll through the garden with 65,000 new, vibrant and colorful summer plantings including elephant ears, birds of paradise, and bromeliads.
An amazing 20 years has flown past since George Brown approached five like-minded individuals in Forney to help him create the Forney Education Foundation. Known originally as the Forney Education Leadership Foundation, the symbol was a key representing how to achieve the future: continuing education post high school. As the years have unfolded for the Foundation, the Board shortened the name and developed a mission statement that says we are to provide opportunities for excellence in education, promote innovation in teaching, and partner with the community to enhance the quality of education for all students. The vision for the Foundation is stated as, “Lighting the way for teaching and learning at Forney ISD.” And that is why the symbol for FEF is now a torch that contains a stylized “F” as the flame. The logo was designed by Kody Kasper, a 2010 graduate of Forney HS and a 2014 graduate of Southern Arkansas University with a degree in Graphic Design. She worked with the committee that was charged with the task, listened to their thoughts about what the Foundation meant to them, distilled all of it, and created the logo in use now. Her design was very well received as it is easily recognized, innovative, and functional, much in the same way that the teacher-requested grants are also functional and innovative.
The United States is changing, and observant individuals may notice the nation is skewing a little older than it has in recent years. Estimates from the U.S. Census Bureau indicate roughly 56 million Americans had reached age 65 by 2020, which marked a nearly 39 percent increase since 2010. The increase in the population that has reached traditional retirement age has been dubbed a “silver tsunami,” and that increase could stretch government resources thin in the decades to come. In fact, a 2018 report from the Hutchins Center on Fiscal and Monetary Policy noted that the federal government could face considerable challenges as more of its budget is allocated to age entitlement programs such as Social Security and Medicare. That problem may not prove unique to the United States, as the United Nations estimates that the elderly population in Europe is expected to account for around 30 percent of all residents by 2050. Though entitlement programs differ from country to country, finding ways to successfully manage the silver tsunami could be imperative to various nations’ financial stability in the decades to come.
Humorist Boyce House told the story of a Texas lawyer who asked his rough-looking client if he knew what an alibi was. “Yes,” said the client, “that’s when I can prove I was somewheres else when I stole the horse.”
Numerous factors affect the cost of claims that insurance companies pay as their obligation under an insurance policy.
For a 2nd year, Capturing Kids’ Hearts has named Forney ISD as a National Showcase Schools District award winner for the 2023-2024 school year. Only 40 school districts nationwide have earned the National Showcase District distinction. Additionally, 18 Forney ISD campuses were selected for national awards from Capturing Kids’ Hearts.
Centenary College’s annual Honors Convocation recognizes students for achievements in academics and campus leadership and serves as one of the capstones for the academic year. This year’s convocation was held in Brown Chapel on Friday, May 3, kicking off the College’s commencement weekend for the Class of 2024.
A report by Texas A&M Department of Agricultural Economics experts indicated a mixed bag of slight price increases and decreases for beef, pork and poultry throughout grilling season.
I’m a person besieged by kooky things. If it’s odd beyond reason, it probably happened to me, happened due to me, or affected me ancestrally. Often, I wonder if these experiences are common in everyone’s lives, and it is my only-child mentality that has led me to believe I’m special in this world of silly absurdities. Judging by the horrific or highly entertained looks on the faces of the folks listening to Dina’s True Tales, it’s just my life. Those perplexing looks seem to be on the rise these days. I was once told, by a dear friend, that a conversation with me is like talking to a time traveler who spent their childhood in the civil war and their teenage years in the groovy seventies. My southern monologues are generally on point. My Texas accent is accenting. Yet, I feel honored to be the daughter of the handsome dude who was born in the roaring twenties and the lovely lady, nearly twenty years his junior, who hunted squirrels with her dad and thought Buddy Holly was the end all be all. Somewhere in the middle lies a great story. Let’s get into a few, shall we?
Mailing Address: P.O. Box 936, Forney, TX 75126
Physical Address: 201 W. Broad St., Forney, TX 75126
Phone: 972-564-3121
Fax: 972-552-3599
