For the third consecutive year, Downtown Mesquite has earned the prestigious Accredited Main Street America program designation.
The City of Forney’s new outdoor warning system will have twelve siren towers strategically placed around Forney city limits. Installation and testing of this new system is expected to be completed by the end of summer 2022.
The Mesquite City Council awarded a construction contract tonight for the new 11-acre Copeland Park. The park, located at Creek Crossing Road and Mesquite Valley Road, will be developed in phases. Construction of Phase 1 of the project is scheduled to begin late July and will include a large three-acre, leash-free zone dog park, parking lot, and restroom facility.
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan, center, speaks with Gov. Greg Abbott, right, and State Rep. Ben Leman, R-Anderson, left, on the House floor in May 2021. Credit: Jordan Vonderhaar for The Texas Tribune
Texas House Speaker Dade Phelan pitched redirecting more than $100 million in state funding to quickly boost mental health and school safety programs before school starts again next fall.
The Forney ISD Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) was recently notified that it has been selected to receive the 2021-2022 Air Force JROTC Distinguished Unit Award. This is the 7th year in the last eight years that the District’s AFJROTC unit (Unit TX-20081) has earned the award.
“That’s not fair,” I said, sternly, to my husband. We were talking about something that happened at his workplace. I continued. “So, what you’re saying is you did a, b, and c, but the other party still went from a to z without going through the appropriate steps?” I was aghast. He went on to flesh out the details of a situation where he’d followed all of the rules and regulations set forth by his employer regarding a certain situation, while another party had blatantly violated each and every written policy standard yet wound up being the recipient of intense adulation. See, not fair. Fairness is often a thing we hitch our wagons to, the hill we are willing to die on, if you will. From the moment we are old enough to understand words, we scream, “Not fair!” Johnny took the toy from my very hand. I ran and was made to sit out during recess, but Suzie ran twice as far and wasn’t punished. I deserved a better grade on that project. How was I supposed to know my taillight was out? I don’t deserve this treatment, and I can prove it. Life is supposed to work in a logical fashion. See, this happens. Then, this happens. And, the result is this. That’s how it should be, right? It’s like math. Only, it isn’t.
Pharaoh, ruler of Egypt, ordered all of Israel’s male children killed at birth because they had grown to outnumber the people of Egypt. They were afraid Israel would join anyone who attacked Egypt and take the country. When Moses was born his mother could not kill him because he was very special to her. She made a basket, put Moses in it, and put the basket floating in the Nile River. The Daughter of Pharaoh found him and when she saw he was a fine healthy baby she took him and claimed him as her own son.
“I can sense God’s presence through my little brother,” says Cole, 10. For many with little brothers, sensing God’s presence through them would be a most unusual phenomenon. But all things are possible with God.
Spoons or their close cousin, the lead spoon (slab), that we fish with here in Texas catch fish the world over. Luke is pictured with an ‘eater’ size northern pike in Saskatchewan caught on a Five of Diamonds spoon; a ‘go to’ bait in the far north. Photo by Phil Zimmerman
This past week, I was out in the middle of Lake Ray Hubbard fishing with guide Brandon Sargent, Lead Slinger’s Guide service. We were dropping baits directly under the boat and staying busy hooking and placing on ice one white bass after the other. Catching was about as good as it gets for about 30 minutes and then the action suddenly ceased. About 75 yards out, on the dead calm surface of the water, a huge school of ‘whites’ had pushed shad to the surface, and the water was frothing!
Risk is a normal part of investing. In fact, if you didn’t take on any risk, you wouldn’t have the potential to achieve higher returns. But how much risk should you accept?
In the world of gardening, there are three types of plants–annuals, biennials and perennials. Annuals grow and bloom in one year and then die. Biennials grow the first year and bloom the second year and then die. Perennials grow for two or three years before blooming and then continue growing and blooming for many years.
Juneteenth was recognized as a federal holiday on June 17, 2021. Even though it is in its infancy on paper, Juneteenth is considered the longest-running African American holiday in history.
“If you treat an individual as he is, he will remain as he is. But if you treat him as if he were what he ought to be and could be, he will become what he ought and could be.” --Goethe
This Father’s Day, families will gather to thank dads for all they do. Gifts often are part of Father’s Day celebrations, and here’s a list of gift ideas for dads with various interests.
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