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Any time of year has the potential to be grilling season. Grilling is not only a way to prepare meals; for many, it’s also a passion.

The past year has revealed many things, and among them is the extent to which we rely on science to solve problems that impact our everyday lives. Scientists everywhere are making science cool and are an inspiration to kids. Children represent the future and are tomorrow’s scientists, so it’s in all our interests that they develop a love of science.

The City of Mesquite’s Public Works Department recently made a generous donation of peanut butter and jelly to Sharing Life Community Outreach as a part of the city’s Spread the Love campaign. Teresa Jackson, CEO of Sharing Life, said “The donations of peanut butter and jelly we receive are a critical source of nutritious food for our summer child hunger alleviation program. We are deeply grateful for the city helping us feed children in the community.” The city has donation bins located at its facilities and financial contributions can be made online at www.cityofmesquite.com/SpreadTheLove.

For several years, we have had “the snake” out here on our “2.2” on Old Military Trail. I had seen it quite a few times while I mowed and trimmed during the first few years of keeping up with yard work, but the 1st time someone else really noticed it was when daughterin-law, Holley, noticed it as she headed out to retrieve something from their vehicle in the driveway and came back into the house, yelling for Will and rather “excited.” She said there was no way she was going to go out there alone and “on foot!” So, “hero Will,” saved the day by carrying her on his back, and all was well. (Snake was maybe 2½ feet long, but you know how big they look if you are afraid!)

ADUCANUMAB, which might at least slow the progression of the disease, won “approval” of the Food and Drug Administration in June, and more hope is now at least possible! But, it is just a start, and there are still miles and miles ahead in the quest for complete “stoppage” of this dreaded debilitator! Plus, the approval was “conditional!”

FORNEY, TX – On Saturday, July 17, 2021 at about 1:00 am, a Forney Police Officer observed a vehicle in a ditch in the 700 block of US HWY 80 south service road. Several items of drug paraphernalia were discovered as the officer checked on the welfare of the driver. The driver was taken into custody and then began resisting and assaulting police officers while being secured in the back seat of a patrol vehicle. While officers were locating weapons and narcotics during an inventory of the suspect vehicle, the subject in custody was able to access the front of the patrol vehicle through the small window in the partition behind the front seats. The subject then left the scene in the patrol vehicle and traveled west in the eastbound lanes of US HWY 80 towards Mesquite. The patrol vehicle was later located by Sunnyvale Police Department in the area of US HWY 80 and 635 with reported damage due to striking guardrails. The Sunnyvale Police Department, Mesquite Police Department, Forney Police Department, Kaufman County Sheriff’s Department, Kaufman County Constables Precinct 2, and the Texas Department of Public Safety established a perimeter in an attempt to locate the escaped subject. A third party phone call to the Mesquite Police Department reported seeing a person wearing handcuffs sitting inside an Applebee’s restaurant, west of the location of the recovered vehicle. The escaped subject was located by Mesquite Police Officers inside the restaurant and placed into custody. The escaped subject was transported to the Forney City Jail after treatment at a local hospital for a minor head injury believed to have been sustained when the patrol vehicle was wrecked. The subject was transported to the Forney City Jail without further incident.

City of Mesquite Mayor Bruce Archer honored former Mesquite Mayor George Venner on July 14 during the George A. Venner, Sr. Municipal Center dedication ceremony, presenting him with a replica of the plaque that now is displayed in the lobby of the building. In April, the City Council renamed the Municipal Center at 1515 N. Galloway Avenue in honor of Venner who served as Mayor from 1987 – 1991.

On July 12, Texas House Democrats packed their bags and headed for the nation’s capital in a highprofile effort to block passage of GOP-backed voting restrictions.

Erratic weather dealt Texas vineyards a difficult growing season as the industry continues to recover from pandemic-related setbacks, according to Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service experts.

Few experiences provide as much relief as walking into a cool room on a hot summer day. Air conditioning systems make such experiences possible, and homeowners’ decision in regard to which one to install in their homes is significant.

What seniors should know about herbal medicines

(1 Coats School—located on today’s University Drive; 2nd one built 1926—seesaws, slides, merry-goround, swings on tall, metal pipes with ropes…..This school may have been the “Lodge” building that for a long time sat on Old Hwy. 80 a little before Prairie View Cemetery.

In 1875, Henry Boston opened a general store right off of Lake Road, in picturesque Washington State, near the modern-day border of the Idaho panhandle. He built a house on Lake Creek. He hoped to capitalize on the fact that people need water to survive. A store doesn’t hurt, either. He took the old “if I build it they will come” approach. Records show the store survived only 3 years. While additional info on old Hank is sparse, these meager beginnings do make for one heckofa story, because by 1878, someone else would swoop into the not quite a town and, as the young folks say, blow people’s minds. William H. Marshall swooped faster than the indigenous bald eagles of the Pacific Northwest. Within 2 years, he built a home, damned a river, opened a sawmill, named a town, created a post office, and appointed himself as postmaster and town namesake. Welcome to Marshall, WA. Personally, I think he had inside info. Coincidentally, or not, by May, the Northern Pacific Railroad came a calling, and the tracks started flying. By 1902, NPRR was joined by the SPS&R – Spokane, Portland, & Seattle Railway Company. That’s quite a bit of track laying, eh? Why, who’s going to do it? Imagine Mr. Marshall saying this. “Hey guys! I have a great idea. You know that little convict camp down the road? It’s over there by ‘Marshall Creek’ (1910 air quotes) where they crush the rocks for building the roads. Let’s turn it into a state prison farm. Yeah, I know, right? The prisoners can crush the rock, AND, we can lease the rest out to dynamite factories.” And, that is what they did. But the railroad ties, that would be tricky. For this volume of wood, they were going to need to tap on the St. Joe National Forest, east of Palouse. To get those logs up to Marshall, they would need another railway – the Washington, Idaho, & Montana Railway. But, wait, we’re here to talk about the 306.