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February is in the rearview now and March has arrived…that means that the Fourth Annual Casino Night for the Forney Education Foundation is happening soon! This year the event, presented by Gallagher Construction and Huckabee, will happen at the new Kaufman Civic Center on April 2, 2022. The tickets will go on sale on March 7, 2022. If you go to the website, you will be able to buy tickets there and the best advice is don’t delay as this event has always sold out. And this year’s event is going to be very special as the Teachers of the Year for Forney ISD will be announced as well as the District Teachers of the Year!

The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) will temporarily change the disinfectant in its water treatment process from March 1 through March 29, 2022. The annual, routine change is necessary to maintain the regional system and yearround water quality for the more than two million customers NTMWD serves in a 10-county region in North Texas in a 2,200-square-mile service area. NTMWD provides a capacity of more than 876 million gallons of treated water per day through more than 610 miles of transmission pipelines.

Last month, local business Wrap Experts welcomed a different kind of customer. While their usual clientele involves vehicles on four wheels, or more, this North Profit Row business had a unique opportunity to create and install a vinyl wrap for a helicopter at the beginning of February! Wrap Experts is located in a Sealy & Company property, and Property Manager Howell Jones commented of the helicopter landing, “Just another sign of the changing times in Forney! Use to be helicopters flew over us. Now they land and do commerce!”

Crandall ISD recently upgraded playing fields for both baseball and softball, along with adding a multipurpose practice field. The surfaces will provide new practice areas for more than 1,000 – and growing students involved with CISD athletics, cheer, fine arts, JROTC and other district programs. The fields can also assist with high school class scheduling and create potential revenue during springtime sports— and CISD wants families and community members to experience the upgrades firsthand.

The Mesquite City Council authorized Dalfen Industrial to enter into phase two of a development agreement adding approximately 1.3 million square feet in three new Class A industrial buildings on 89 acres at 1900 Airport Blvd. Phase One comprises approximately one million square feet in two buildings and is currently under construction.

On Tuesday, March 22, 2022 at 6 p.m. we invite you to join us on campus for Fall 2022 Kindergarten Round- Up. An attendance zone map is available at www. forneyisd.net/attendancezones. If you have trouble locating your address, please complete the form https://bit.ly/kindercampusfind with your contact and home address, and our team will reach out to you.

Spring will come to life at the Dallas Arboretum’s Dallas Blooms: Birds in Paradise from February 19 to April 10, 2022. Named by Southern Living as one of “The Best Places to See Stunning Spring Blooms Across the South,” Dallas Blooms is the largest annual floral festival in the Southwest. Presented by Veritex Community Bank, Dallas Blooms will feature largerthan-life peacock topiaries along with more than 500,000 spring blooming bulbs to create the largest and most colorful floral display in the Southwest. An explosion of spring flowers comes from 100 varieties of spring bulbs, thousands of azaleas and hundreds of Japanese cherry trees.

You’ve experienced one or more toxic emotions. Anger, frustration, fear, guilt, bitterness, resentment, and sadness negatively impact you. Toxic emotions cause you mental and physical harm.

Air Traffic Controlman 2nd Class Cameron Martin, a native of Forney, Texas, assigned to Tactical Air Control Squadron (TACRON) 11, stands watch aboard Wasp-class amphibious assault ship USS Essex (LHD 2) in support of Noble Fusion, Feb. 7, 2022. Noble Fusion demonstrates that Navy and Marine Corps forward-deployed stand-in naval expeditionary forces can rapidly aggregate Marine Expeditionary Unit/Amphibious Ready Group teams at sea, along with a carrier strike group, as well as other joint force elements and allies, in order to conduct lethal sea-denial operations, seize key maritime terrain, guarantee freedom of movement, and create advantage for U.S. partner and allied forces. Naval Expeditionary forces conduct training throughout the year, in the Indo-Pacific, to maintain readiness. (U.S. Navy photo by Mass Communication Specialist 2nd Class Wesley Richardson)

Three area high school students will be headed to Washington D.C. this summer after winning spots to the Governmentin-Action Youth Tour. The trip, sponsored by Trinity Valley Electric Cooperative, includes nine days of educational opportunities, meetings with legislators, museum and government tours and events with more than 1,500 other students from around the country.

Each February, individuals across Canada and the United States celebrate Black History Month. Both nations have much to celebrate, and these are just a few of the individuals who have done much to advance the causes of Black people in the United States and Canada.

Emma Hawkins named to the fall 2021 President’s List

The North Texas Municipal Water District (NTMWD) will temporarily change the disinfectant in its water treatment process from March 1 through March 29, 2022. The annual, routine change is necessary to maintain the regional system and yearround water quality for the more than two million customers NTMWD serves in a 10-county region in North Texas in a 2,200-square-mile service area. NTMWD provides a capacity of more than 876 million gallons of treated water per day through more than 610 miles of transmission pipelines.