Traditions are the glue that hold many celebrations together. Individuals and families embrace many customs that serve as the script for commemorating yearend holidays.
New Year’s Eve is a time to celebrate. But for hundreds of people each year, the week between Christmas and New Year’s Day proves fatal.
Whether your New Year’s Resolutions include eating healthier, exercising more, or devoting more time to self-care, having a plan can help you reach your goals on a budget.
While investing in your health and wellness can sound like an overwhelming goal, doctors say that there are easy, tangible resolutions you can make to feel your best and better protect your health.
Quite often, each morning before getting dressed I check my weather app to get the prediction for the upcoming day. Yesterday I caught myself hoping the sun would be shining and the skies blue.
A year ago I woke up being someone’s wife and went to bed a widow. My life changed forever that day. And, I guess it’s been changing ever since.
It’s that time of year. Out with the old, in with the new. It would be an understatement to say that I welcome the new. It would more of an understatement that I still mourn the old. But I’m getting there.
Forney ISD Superintendent Dr. Justin Terry has been selected as a 2021 Superintendent to Watch by the National School Public Relations Association (NSPRA). Dr. Terry joins just 18 other superintendents nationwide and only three in Texas who were selected for the honor. Honorees must have fewer than five years of experience as a superintendent and must demonstrate dynamic, fast-paced leadership with strong communication at its core.
Cadet Blane Duplissey, a junior in the Forney ISD Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps (AFJROTC) program, is one of 200 Air Force Junior ROTC cadets worldwide to receive a Flight Academy scholarship from Headquarters Air Force Junior ROTC. More than 1,300 cadets applied for one of the 200 scholarships this year out of almost 120,000 high school students enrolled in Air Force Junior ROTC programs at more than 870 high schools in the U.S. and overseas. Over the last three years, the Forney ISD JROTC program has had 5 of 6 cadets selected for this very competitive and prestigious program, with at least 1 each year.
“Yes, operator? Oh, hello, yes, can you connect me to Mrs. Annie Davis please? Yes, that’s Murray Hill 5-9975. Thank you, operator. Hello? Oh, Annie! Hello, Annie. How are you, dear? John is good? That’s marvelous, darling. Kids are good? Little Jack and Harriet are well? Oh, good, yes, good. Listen, Annie darling, I was just wondering what I can bring to the Christmas party this weekend. Oh, don’t be ridiculous, of course I’m bringing something. Did you want me to make my Swedish meatballs? Oh, Eloise is bringing those? You don’t say. Darling, how about a cucumber sandwich tray? You know how John loves my cucumber sandwiches. What’s that? Oh, he ate himself sick on those at Thanksgiving? Oh, what a shame. What’s that Annie? My chicken salad jello mold? Oh, yes, dear, that’ll be perfect! I’ll use the lime jello. It’ll be so festive. Ok, darling, we’ll see you Friday at 7 sharp. Uh huh. Uh huh. (polite laughter) Oh, Annie, you are a real riot! Oh, my dress? Oh, I haven’t decided. Yes, you’re right, the gold lame would be dreamy. I have a smart new lounge jacket with pants I might wear. I know, Annie, PANTS! Darling, of course Eloise will talk about me if I wear pants. That’s the whole point (raucous laughter). Alright, Annie. You know Mrs. Wilson is about to cut in with her afternoon call to her sister. Ok, love. See you soon. Goodbye, dear.” Welcome to Christmas in the 50s.
“God is very loving. I imagine he is very tall. I love him,” says Lauren, 9.
Texoma guides Bill Carey (lt) and Chris Carey with Striper Express with one of many stripers landed using the deadly deadsticking technique.
The only thing the fishing technique known as ‘deadsticking’ has to do with the word ‘dead’ is the lack of activity by the fisherman before the hookset, especially when dealing with those hard fighting stripers on Lake Texoma, situated on the Texas/Oklahoma border.
During your working years, you’ve probably met the costs of living through your salary. But once you retire, where will the money come from? Is there a way to give yourself a “paycheck” for retirement? There is indeed - but you’ll have to do a good job of managing your available income sources. Here are some moves that can help:
We are asked many times about our personal “Why” we so passionately believe in the Forney Education Foundation. And all of the Board members have different whys but they do tend to be the same reason: the children/students in Forney ISD. And I am no different in my main reason—it is the children in FISD that help me ask strangers for funding for FEF, explain what FEF has done for the students in Forney ISD since 2004, and keep me writing these articles.
Lights on a Christmas tree may seem like a relatively recent phenomenon, but people who can’t wait to deck the halls each December may be surprised to learn that this beloved tradition dates all the way back to the late nineteenth century. Edward Johnson, a friend and colleague of Thomas Edison, introduced holiday light bulbs in 1882. Prior to that, candles were lit on trees and families would briefly gaze at this awe-inspiring bit of holiday decor before the candles were quickly extinguished. Johnson is credited with being the first to suggest light bulbs, which were invented by his friend Edison, be used to light trees in place of candles. While many were impressed by Johnson’s eight-bulb holiday display, it remained a novelty until the 1920s, when preassembled lights became more accessible. Since then, Christmas tree lights have taken hold as a must-have piece of holiday decor in households across the globe.
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